The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspected livestock for a flesh-eating parasite in Strawberry Plains Tuesday.

Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the U.S., the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports ...

Richard Empson stands on an artificial right leg after his battle with vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria that shows ...

Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the ...

T he United States has, for 70 years, been fighting a continuous aerial war against the New World screwworm, a parasite that ...

The New World screwworm isn't a new species, but the flesh-eating maggots are certainly disturbing. Here's what Tennesseans need to know.

Imagine a tiny cut turning into a life-threatening ordeal. Along the coasts, a deadly flesh-eating bacteria is making this ...

New World screwworm flies cause myiasis, an infection of flesh-eating ... They burrow into the wound to feed on the living flesh, the CDC says. That’s different from most other types of maggots ...

Group A Streptococcus bacteria are considered the most common cause of flesh-eating infection, which can enter the body through a wound in the skin and can be transmitted by droplets and physical ...

Secondary infections may occur in already-infected wounds. The New World Screwworm ... The larvae need living flesh. But, there could be other impacts on consumers, including on livestock and ...