Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...

The image, the smell, the emotions: five cattle producers and veterinarians from around the world share their first-hand ...

The US has reinstated its livestock import ban from Mexico after the New World screwworm fly was found further north than ...

Arewa PUNCH reports that maggot therapy is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound (s) of a human ...

Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...

The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday halted cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States over concerns of the New World screwworm parasite's rapid spread.

Oral myiasis, a rare parasitic infestation, occurs when fly larvae invade mouth tissues due to poor hygiene, wounds, or weakened immunity. Primarily f ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped containment ...

Larva is an insect that’s hatched from an egg. Mouth larva usually comes from certain fly species that invade soft tissues inside the oral cavity, such as gums and open wounds. These pests ...