Doctors found a flesh-eating worm in a Maryland resident but it's not the time to panic. The screwworms hitched a ride to the ...

In short, Anisakis worms hitch a ride on your fillet via the marine food chain. When infected mammals like whales and sea ...

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

Ranchers and health officials in some Southern states are concerned over the rising rates of screwworm infections outside the U.S.

The number of cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals has risen by 53% in the last month in Mexico, according to government data. New World Screwworm (NWS), which eats warm-blooded animals alive, ...

Kansas health officials say they are creating response plans in the event a flesh-eating parasite makes its way into the ...

Hoards of flesh-eating worms have erupted from the ground in Texas, terrifying local residents. The invasive hammerhead worms — which can grow up to a foot long — came to the surface in the ...