Myiasis of the vagina is a rare parasitic infection caused by fly larvae. It's not an STI, but open wounds in the vaginal ...

A recent report from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department indicates the New World screwworm is inching its way closer to ...

A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease ...

“The stench…it’s like roadkill stewed in infection,” explains Jose Santiago Gallardo Espinosa, a cattle producer from Chiriqui, Panama, describing an animal that has been infected with New World ...

(ABC NEWS) — Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently ...

Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the New World screwworm. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

The ever-present case of the flesh-eating screw-worm parasite has been detected in a person in the United States, health authorities have confirmed. According to the government officials, the case was ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently returned from ...