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.
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said a person in Maryland had the first human case of New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States after the person ...
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 ...
The ever-present case of the flesh-eating screw-worm parasite has been detected in a person in the United States, health authorities have confirmed. According to the government officials, the case was ...
The New World screwworm feeds on live tissue, according to the CDC ...
A dangerous, salt-obsessed bacterium is wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast. Several dozen cases of Vibrio vulnificus and nine deaths have been reported so far this year across Florida, Louisiana, ...
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 ...