To protect the United States from a new threat posed by an old foe – the New World screwworm – the U.S.-Mexico border was ...

A flesh-eating parasite known as New World Screwworm is moving closer and closer to the US border in Texas. The devastating ...

To say the New World Screwworm is a nasty parasite would be an understatement. The flesh-eating scourge that tortures cattle ...

A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to combat the New ...

The New World Screwworm (NWS, Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere. It lays eggs in ...

A woman’s body, believed to be in her late 20s, was discovered stuffed into a suitcase near a forest area along the ...

The screwworm, a pest likely remembered only by our grandparents, is making headlines again. With a proper name of New World ...

The parasite has devastated thousands south of the U.S. A recent northward surge in cases triggered emergency measures from ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspected livestock for a flesh-eating parasite in Strawberry Plains Tuesday.

The Metro section recently asked New Yorkers to share their roommate stories. Tales of maggots, emergency bathtub bunking and ...

Residents across the UK are being urged to take preventative action against a potential maggot infestation in their wheelie bins by pouring in boiling water. As the country experiences a prolonged ...