USDA announced the detection of a New World screwworm infection in a cow in Texas, marking the state's first confirmed case in decades.

“It can cause serious, often deadly damage to animals and people," the United States Department of Agriculture said

New World screwworms are nearing the U.S. border, raising concerns about the parasite's return to American soil.

A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a person who had recently ...

In early August, a Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador was diagnosed with New World screwworm — a flesh-eating parasite — being the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in U.S. Although the case was an isolated incident, the ...