The government’s confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary ...

Parasitic flies have been found in the United States, following an outbreak of screwworm in Central America last year.

"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

The first travel-related human case of a flesh-eating parasite was detected in the United States, the Department of Health ...

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the U.S. is very ...

The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America ...

The first case of New World screwworm infesting a human has been detected in the U.S. The infestation was detected in a ...

Here are five key issues that could shape the future of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of ...

United States Department of Health and Human Services officials have confirmed the nation’s first human case of New World ...

The United States has confirmed a case of travel-associated New World screwworm in a Maryland resident who recently travelled ...