The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans.

The United States will suspend Mexican exports of live cattle for 15 days to review the joint strategy in the fight against ...

In the 1950’s, Cochliomyia hominivorax, colloquially known as screwworm, was successfully eradicated from North and Central America and cordoned off in the Darién Gap. Screwworm is a flesh ...

Screwworms are possibly the most aptly named parasites imaginable, both literally and figuratively. Screwworms—technically, ...

The US Secretary of Agriculture has warned that she will restrict livestock imports to the country if action is not taken to ...

A five-hundred Mexican peso banknote is pictured with one-hundred U.S. dollar bills in Mexico City, Mexico, March 4, 2025.

The US Department of Agriculture reportedly warned Mexico it will cease all live animal imports unless the country enforces stronger measures to stop a flesh-eating parasite from spreading northward.

She was found dead in the forest two days later. A postmortem revealed sepsis and organ damage, as well as myiasis in an open wound on the front leg caused by the wire snare. Aman claimed that ...

Ammon News - Mexico's Health Ministry confirmed the country's first human case of myiasis caused by screwworm, the government said on Friday.