A deadly fly once wiped out across North America has resurfaced in northern Mexico – and it’s creeping ever closer to the US ...

A human case of flesh-eating screwworm was detected in the United States related to the latest outbreak of the parasite in Central America, according to officials. The patient had recently returned to ...

The first human case of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite called “new world screwworm” has been detected in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to ...

Decades ago, the U.S. eradicated this disturbing fly after it devastated livestock, but it's recently returned, bringing its ...

The minuscule maggot could devastate Missouri's cattle industry. That reality is closer than ever after the first US case was ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

A University of Houston professor has received nearly $4 million from the NIH to lead a translational effort turning ...

(WKRC) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the launch of an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas to enhance the USDA's ability ...

Researchers have successfully produced antibodies that kill the parasite carried by the ‘kissing bug’ that causes the potentially deadly Chagas disease. The research is a vital step towards the ...