Flesh-eating parasite first human case detected in US has been confirmed. Officials report the Maryland patient has recovered, and no sprea...

A rare case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has been confirmed in a Maryland resident after traveling from Guatemala, mark...

The US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The parasitic insect ...

The case was detected in a 77-year-old woman from the municipality of Acacoyagua, in the southern state of Chiapas. She is in stable condit...