State health officials have issued a health advisory warning about a rare and previously eradicated parasite that can burrow itself into the flesh of humans and animals.

"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World ...

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 ...

Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the New World screwworm. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

HHS spokesperson Andrew G. Nixon said the human case reported in the U.S. was related to this outbreak. The case was reported ...

A case of flesh-eating screwworm has been detected in a human in the US for the first time in years, the Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed. The potentially deadly parasite New ...

The number of animals infested with New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating parasite, has risen by 53% in the four weeks to ...

New World Screwworm (NWS) is a devastating pest of livestock and other mammals. Screwworms are fly larvae, or maggots, that ...

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 first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World screwworm (NWS) myiasis was found in a patient who returned to the US from El ...