New World screwworm ( Cochliomyia hominivorax) is once again an active threat in the Americas. Cases in Mexico have risen and detections are approaching the US border, while federal agencies and ...

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

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently returned from ...

DECATUR, Illinois (Reuters) -The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country's only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which have been detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

Although cases are closing in on the U.S., the New World screwworm isn’t likely to create outbreaks in Canadian livestock, ...

There's hope for U.S. cattle ranchers in the battle to stop the spread of screwworm at a time of decimated herds with the FDA approving a new Merck treatment.