After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.

Residents of a village in Muranga County are distressed after they contracted a mysterious worm infection. The locals suspect that the infection of maggots that grow from their skin is transmitted by ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots, which threaten livestock, wildlife, and humans, with projected losses topping $100 billion A $29.5 ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The New World screwworm (NWS) — a maggot which feeds off living flesh — is on Texas’s doorstep. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the pest was spotted by ...