These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

A U.S. patient was diagnosed with New World screwworm, which is rare in humans. Are North Carolina residents safe? An outbreak of NWS is underway in Central America according to the U.S. Department of ...

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration in a preemptive response to the potential spread of the New World ...

The United States has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly larva that feeds on living tissue, raising concerns about the pest’s northward spread. Human case ...

Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of livestock. The pest is marching northward at an alarming rate and has now ...

The first case of a New World screwworm infestation in a human was confirmed in the U.S., according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Travel-associated New World screwworm was detected ...

The New World screwworm typically infests livestock like cattle but can also affect humans, with the infestation described as "very painful" Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE ...

Although the parasite has not yet been detected in the US, officials warn that its northward movement poses a serious risk to livestock and wildlife.

Texas wildlife officials are on the lookout for a flesh-devouring fly larvae known as the “Man-eater” after cases of the sickening vermin were recorded in Mexico. The Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people Black soldier fly larvae grow in a high-tech facility ...