Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...

UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.

Two more cases of Vibrio vulnificus were reported in Florida according to a Friday FDOH update. Here's what to know.

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living ...

Jace Tunnell holds up his hand with a Band-Aid, showing that he would not go in the water with an open wound to avoid an infection from Vibrio vulnificus, aka the “flesh-eating bacteria.” The ...

Researchers are trapping and tracking the New World screwworm to detect it early before it threatens livestock. The previous ...

YULEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health has confirmed a case of Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, in Nassau County. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in ...

The so-called "flesh-eating bacteria" does not actually eat flesh. But that comes as little comfort to victims of Vibrio vulnificus who see their bodies seemingly chewed away like a bad effect in a ...