A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease ...

In early August, a Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador was diagnosed with New World screwworm — a flesh-eating parasite — being the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in U.S.

The latest threat to the southern border has wings and lays eggs that hatch into flesh-eating maggots that can kill people. At least five Central Americans have died from myiasis of the New World ...

Kansas health officials have alerted providers about the potential for human cases of New World screwworm. New World screwworm maggots burrow into and feed on the living flesh of animals and humans.

Flesh-eating maggots spotted 70 miles south of Texas … Texas Politics / Sep 22, 2025 / 06:27 PM CDT ...

Either a pair of respected Miami-Dade Corrections officers have concocted an outlandish, disgusting hoax for a few thousand dollars, or Miami’s best barbecue joint served maggots with its chicken.

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Putting flesh-eating maggots into open wounds may not be such a great idea after all. They do clean wounds more quickly than normal treatment but this does not lead to faster ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The New World screwworm (NWS) — a maggot which feeds off living flesh — is on Texas’s doorstep. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the pest was spotted by ...