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

"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

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

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

The first human case of the flesh-eating screwworm has been detected in the US, but Texas has already been on the lookout for ...

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

The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...

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

Health officials confirm the first human case of New World screwworm in the United States. FOX's Ted Lindner has the details.

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

STORY: The U.S. has confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm. It involved ...

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...