The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to ...

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine. What to know.

Packs of flesh-eating New World screwworms may soon swarm the United States, but Texas has a plan to stop them. The big picture: The life-threatening maggots that prey on the open wounds of mammals ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently returned from ...

ST. PAUL -- A report says a Plymouth nursing home had to retrain its staff after a male resident was found to have foot wounds infested with maggots. The Minnesota Department of Health's Office of ...

HEAR. BUT THE FIRST CASE OF A FLESH EATING PARASITE HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE U.S. IN MARYLAND, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS THE CASE INVOLVES A PERSON WHO HAD RECENTLY TRAVELED TO ...