The first human screwworm case in the U.S. has been traced to a person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala.

The parasite has been a larger concern to ranchers, as cattle infestations have been moving northward through Central America ...

The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America ...

Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling ...

A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the ...

First human case of a deadly flesh-eating parasite detected in US. Here's what to know about new world screwworm, what it ...

“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...

The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary ...

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from ...

WASHINGTON ( WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking ...