The parasite has been a larger concern to ranchers, as cattle infestations have been moving northward through Central America ...

US health officials have confirmed a human case of the deadly cattle screwworm parasite, linked to the recent outbreak in Central America. The patient had recently returned to Maryland from El ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first travel-associated human case of New World screwworm.

Characterized by the breakdown of neurons in the brain, Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that ...

A debate over crime statistics between Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and California Gov. Gavin Newsom spilled onto social ...

Just two months after reports warily noted that new world screwworms, flesh-eating parasites that are notorious for killing ...

Birth defects are the leading cause of death in infants. The risks often start before some women even know they’re pregnant.

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive ...

When Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said on Aug. 15 that the New World screwworm had not been reported or detected in the United States “in ...

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention is now sharing different guidelines from the Amiercan Academy for ...

The first human screwworm case in the U.S. has been traced to a person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala.

"It actually doesn't need to be attached for nearly as long." Newborn hospitalized with rare illness spread by insects: 'We ...