A nationwide health advisory has been issued as a flesh-eating fly spreads near the Texas-Mexico border. No U.S. cases have ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...
Doctors should be hypervigilant of any suspected cases of New World Screwworm as the parasitic larva nears the country, the ...
An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1 ...
The parasitic fly primarily affects livestock but can also infest humans, according to the CDC.
"Stay vigilant and prepare immediately," Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned state residents.
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 ...