Infections: News and Research on Myiasis

MeSH tree: C01.610.858.211.503

CDC, FDA tackle new world screwworm, including drug authorization

Federal health officials are mobilizing against the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite recently detected in animals in the southwest United States.

Jun 16, 2026

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Flesh-eating parasite with 'sharp mouth hooks' has US on alert for first time since 1966

A recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite in southern Mexico has U.S. officials concerned that the previously eradicated New World Screwworm (NWS) could make its way back into the country for the first time since the ...

Jan 5, 2025

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