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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World Screwworm threats.

The threat from the flesh-eating maggots, known as the New World Screwworm, has suspended live cattle imports through the ...

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

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 ...

World’s only research centre for flesh-eating infection ransacked in Sudan Mycetoma Research Centre becomes yet another victim of the country’s civil war, in a ‘major blow’ for efforts to ...

Some infections happen at the skin’s surface, but they can start deeper in the wound. You can treat minor skin infections at home, but you might have to go to the doctor or emergency room for a ...

The parasitic fly can infest livestock and other warm-blooded animals, although not common, can infect people, normally entering through an open wound and feeding on the host’s living flesh.