The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...
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'Devastating' Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Spreading Toward The US, CDC Warns
An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1 ...
Doctors should be hypervigilant of any suspected cases of New World Screwworm as the parasitic larva nears the country, the ...
The New World screwworm fly. The insect that produces flesh-eating larva, eradicated in the United States, has broken containment and presents a threat to livestock. (U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
The parasitic fly primarily affects livestock but can also infest humans, according to the CDC.
State and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United States border with Mexico. Since Nov. 25, at least 10 new cases of ...
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