The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

Doctors should be hypervigilant of any suspected cases of New World Screwworm as the parasitic larva nears the country, the ...

New World screwworm larva close up, and the mouth hooks they use to eat living flesh. The last time the New World screwworm invaded the U.S., it devastated livestock and required a decades-long ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As if the world doesn’t have enough problems, the United States is concerned that a dangerous pest invasion could breach the southern border and severely impact the nation’s ...

Mexican agricultural authorities have detected a new case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, about 70 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas. Arizona's agricultural ...

An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1 ...

The USDA plans to open fly breeding and distribution centers to stop the spread of the screwworm fly. Sterile male flies will be released to curb wild breeding and reduce the population. The pest can ...

A nationwide health advisory has been issued as a flesh-eating fly spreads near the Texas-Mexico border. No U.S. cases have ...

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 ...

New World Screwworm continues to creep towards the United States border from Mexico. On Sept. 21, 2025, Mexico's National Service of Agro-Alimientary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) confirmed ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. To borrow a phrase from Tom Paterson, president-elect of the New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association, ...