The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock.

By Jason Gale, Bloomberg The US has confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in a person in Maryland, who had traveled from...

By Jason Gale, Bloomberg The US has confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in a person in Maryland, who had traveled from...

Flesh-eating screwworm larvae poised to invade the US have snuck into Maryland via the flesh of a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador,...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World...

The United States has reported its first human case of the flesh-eating worm known as the New World screwworm (NWS), US federal health officials...

The first case of a travel-associated human screwworm infection has been detected in...

The first case of a travel-associated human screwworm infection has been detected in...

US has confirmed first human case of flesh-eating screwworm after traveller returned from Central America, sparking cattle industry fears.