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

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

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

U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically ...

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

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

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

The government’s confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary ...

The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case​ tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

The New World screwworm infested a human in the U.S. for the first time in years and federal officials are working to prevent ...

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...

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