Screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) larvae use their sharp mandibles to dig into and eat away the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Just two months after reports warily ...
U.S. health authorities have confirmed the country’s first human infection involving the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. The case was identified on August 4 in Maryland in a patient who ...
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 — ...
The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite new world screwworm has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services said early Monday. The case, related to a ...
A Maryland resident has been diagnosed with a rare parasitic infection known as New World screwworm (NWS), marking the first human case in the United States in years. The Centers for Disease Control ...
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 ...
Two men who sex trafficked a 13-year-old girl and three others who solicited her for sex were convicted as part of a months-long investigation by prosecutors and Portland police. Domonique Williams, ...
The New World screwworm typically infests livestock like cattle but can also affect humans, with the infestation described as "very painful" Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE ...
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