Screwworm on the Rise: What You Need to Know About This Flesh-Eating Parasite in 2025
A Rare and Startling Return In August 2025, the United States confirmed its first human case of New World screwworm myiasis in decades, Reuters AP News. The patient, a Maryland resident returning from El Salvador, was diagnosed with a skin infestation by larvae of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, famously known as the screwworm. Although primarily … Read more