The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. Here's what ...

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of the New World screwworm flesh-eating parasite in a human, according to the ...

“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...

Screwworm has not been detected in animals within the U.S., the USDA noted. It was largely eradicated for decades in the U.S.

The U.S. has detected a case of human New World screwworm in August 2025, which was found in a Maryland patient who had ...

Screwworms are a type of larvae which burrow into the flesh of a living being, eventually killing their host if left ...

The first reported case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human was confirmed by the U.S Department of Health and Human ...

The woman's ordeal began when a screw worm fly infiltrated her mouth to deposit its eggs, which subsequently hatched and grotesquely burrowed down towards her lungs, which is devoured. In an even ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating ...