The Flesh-Eating Screwworm Outbreak Just Took a Grim New Turn
The invading parasitic New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) is digging its sharp mouth hooks deeper into the United…
Screwworm Is Back In Texas—FDA Approves Emergency Treatment For Cats And Dogs
Topline The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency approval for an over-the-counter drug that will allow…
Screwworm Is Back In Texas—And Could Raise Beef Prices
Topline A flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has now been found…
New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say
(Corrects throughout that new human case of screwworm is not the first recorded case in U.S. history) By…