The flies cause myiasis, an infection of flesh-eating maggots that burrow into the skin of living animals, causing serious and often fatal damage, Reuters reported. The U.S. Department of ...

An 11-year-old boy lost his life after his family said a flesh-eating bacteria entered his body. It all started with an ankle injury and now, they want to bring awareness so other families do not ...

more commonly referred to as flesh-eating bacteria, from the injection. The Camden County Superior Court jury awarded the family’s payment following a two-month trial and two days of deliberations.

flesh-eating parasite that causes skin sores and can create long-term scars, has likely been spreading locally through sand flies, according to CBS News. The findings, which were released Thursday ...

WASHINGTON — Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to ...

New analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the flesh-eating disease Leishmaniasis ... U.S. states are home to the sand flies that transmit the disease.