Mexico has reported the first-ever human case of myiasis caused by a screwworm. According to Mexico's Health Ministry, the case was detected in a 77-year-old woman from the municipality of Acacoyagua ...

A Maryland resident was diagnosed with myiasis, a parasitic infestation caused by the flesh-eating New World screwworm (NWS) larvae, as confirmed on Aug. 4 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The first human case of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite called “new world screwworm” has been detected in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to ...

A flesh-eating parasite has been confirmed in a human marking the first case in the U.S. According to CNN, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesman, Andrew Nixon, said this rare case ...