State health officials have issued a health advisory warning about a rare and previously eradicated parasite that can burrow ...

A screengrab of a live maggot pressed out of a child's leg [Facebook Naitwa Faiza] A few weeks ago, a woman going by the name Naitwa Faiza Karaz on Facebook shared how worms had crawled out of her son ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the New World screwworm. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

Ranchers and health officials in some Southern states are concerned over the rising rates of screwworm infections outside the U.S.

The New World screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that lays eggs in open wounds. It can be devastating to livestock and, in rare cases, humans. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The ...

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in the U.S. was confirmed in a traveler who visited Central America, federal officials said Monday. The parasite, known as the New ...