New Yorkers who have traveled to South America, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic may have visited areas where a parasite could cause a New World screwworm infestation, according to health ...

AUSTIN, Texas – State and federal leaders discussed plans to fight the New World screwworm during a late Friday morning press conference in Austin. The screwworm, or Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that has ...

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesperson from the US Department of Health and Human Services said. The US ...

New Zealand swore in its new cabinet on Friday, including five Maori and its first openly gay deputy prime minister, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's government increased its majority with the ...

In Ethiopia, a massive crack has opened in the Earth, part of the East African Rift system that scientists believe could eventually form a brand-new ocean. This geological process is slowly tearing ...