The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case​ tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ...

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...

A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the ...

The person, who received treatment in Maryland, is the first confirmed case in the U.S. of New World screwworm, a parasite ...

The first human screwworm case in the U.S. has been traced to a person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala.

The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. Here's what ...

Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling ...

The parasite — the larva of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America.

The first-ever American to be infected with the “horrific” flesh-eating parasite contracted it while traveling ...

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from ...

“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...