The New World Screwworm lays eggs in wounds or body openings of mammals, including cows, deer, birds, pets, and even humans.

Even though the U.S. eradicated the flesh-eating parasite the New World Screwworm six decades ago, its survival to the south ...

The New World screwworm is endemic in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean — and its northward spread into Mexico has ...

To stop the spread of a flesh-eating parasite, U.S. officials have halted all imports of live cattle, horses and bison from ...

The parasite uses its sharp mouth hooks to open the flesh of mammals and lay eggs in the wounds or body openings ... This can lead to a sometimes fatal infection. In November 2024, America ...

Female screwworm flies lay eggs in wounds or body openings of mammals, including cows, deer, birds, pets, and even humans, that can lead to a sometimes fatal infection. Here in the U.S., the ...

It looks similar to a housefly, but it lays eggs inside wounds and has larvae that eat through flesh once they hatch ... to them but can cause fatal infections with their bites.

The "flesh-eating bacterium" can infect patients through wounds on the hands and feet ... The ministry has urged the public to take basic infection control measures such as washing one's hands ...

The words “flesh-eating bacteria” may conjure images of a widespread infection leading to a zombie apocalypse in a sci-fi ...