The CDC currently stresses that the risk is low, but screwworm has been found in the U.S.
Officials recently detected the flesh-eating New World Screwworm in a calf born in Texas. The once-eradicated parasite could ...
A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — ...
WASHINGTON (WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking havoc on cattle and driving up beef prices, has been reported in Maryland, ...
New World screwworm has been confirmed in Texas and Coahuila, threatening U.S. livestock with billions in potential economic ...
Texas has established a 12-mile quarantine zone around a calf that was infested by a New World screwworm in La Pryor.