Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Charlotte nursing home is facing a lawsuit after a woman’s wound became infested with maggots, prompting her grandson to seek ...

WASHINGTON (WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking havoc on cattle and driving up beef prices, has been reported in Maryland, ...

Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the New World screwworm. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

Ranchers and health officials are increasing their efforts to spread awareness and protect livestock from New World screwworms — a flesh-eating parasite native to the Caribbean and Central America. A ...