Screwworm infestations “can be deadly, especially when involving the scalp,” the doctors wrote in their case report. “Larvae may burrow through the skull, dura [outer membrane around the brain], and ...

Although the term “myiasis” may not be widely familiar to many Nigerians, its clinical manifestations are often easily recognised across age groups. Myiasis is a parasitic infestation that affects ...

MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry confirmed the country's first human case of myiasis caused by screwworm, the government said on Friday. The case was detected in a ...

A Maryland resident was diagnosed with myiasis, a parasitic infestation caused by the flesh-eating New World screwworm (NWS) larvae, as confirmed on Aug. 4 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The first human case of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite called “new world screwworm” has been detected in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to ...

On August 4, 2025, a human case of New World screwworm (NWS) infection was reported in a Maryland man who recently returned from El Salvador to the United States. This case was reported less than one ...

USDA has detected New World screwworm infections in Texas animals, marking the state's first confirmed cases in decades.

The New World screwworm was eliminated from the U.S. in 1966 through the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), but outbreaks that began in Central America in 2023 have spread northward, with new livestock ...