A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S.

First human case of a deadly flesh-eating parasite detected in US. Here's what to know about new world screwworm, what it ...

The first human case in the United States of New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was in Maryland, health officials ...

Parasitic blowflies, which feed on the flesh of warm-blooded animals. Dr. Heather Walden of the University of Florida College ...

All of this is at risk because of the New World screwworm. Working with Secretary Rollins and members of the agricultural ...

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite has been identified in Maryland, involving a traveler from El Salvador.

A rare case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in Maryland. Health officials say the patient recently traveled to El ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported a human New World screwworm (NWS) case.

A notorious flesh-eating parasite has been detected in a US patient for the first time in decades, health officials ...

A human case of New World screwworm was reported by the Centers for Disease Control after being discovered earlier this month (Aug. 2025) in a person from Maryland who had recently returned from ...