The Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday (August 24) reported the first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, in the United States. The case, investigated by ...

US health officials have confirmed the first human case of the New World screwworm in decades, detected in Maryland after the individual returned from El Salvador. While the risk to the general public ...

A medical mystery in Maryland has jolted health authorities. A traveler returning from Guatemala was found infected with the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite long thought banished from ...

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World screwworm (NWS) myiasis was found in a patient who returned to the US from El ...

A Maryland resident was diagnosed after traveling to El Salvador, where an outbreak of the flesh-eating parasite is ongoing. Officials say the risk to the public is very low. New Release: Farm, merge, ...

WASHINGTON (WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking havoc on cattle and driving up beef prices, has been reported in Maryland, ...

A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — ...

A human case of a flesh-eating parasite, called New World screwworm, was reported in the U.S. this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Sunday. The case involved a patient ...

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.The U.S.

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Monday. New World screwworm (NWS) is a species of parasitic flies ...

A human case of New World screwworm infestation was reported in the U.S. related to travel. Screwworm flies lay eggs in the wounds of nasal passages of warm-blooded animals. The larvae use the hooks ...

The U.S. has reported its first human case of the flesh-eating parasite called new world screwworm, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The case involves a patient in ...