Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the New World screwworm. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

Veterinary medicine is a medical career that bridges the gap between animal diseases and human diseases. It’s common in veterinary practice to encounter cases of parasitic infestation in humans: the ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans could threaten California soon. The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

Kansas health officials have alerted providers about the potential for human cases of New World screwworm. New World screwworm maggots burrow into and feed on the living flesh of animals and humans.