gizmodo

The Flesh-Eating Screwworm’s Comeback Is Now Killing People, Too

As the New World screwworm has resurged in North America, it's infesting both livestock and people, a new report shows. Reading time 3 minutes The resurgence of the New World screwworm fly ...
USA Today

A flesh-eating screwworm is in the US. How worried should we be?

A flesh‑eating fly thought eradicated decades ago has been found in Texas, its first return to the United States in generations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of New ...
IFLScience

The FDA Just Cleared A New Species Of Flesh-Eating Maggot For Medical Use

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ScienceBlog

Most fly maggots feed on dead tissue. New World screwworm larvae eat living flesh—one female can lay 200–300 eggs beside a wound as small as a tick bite, and the maggots ...

Cattle grazing on a ranch in Mexico. Representative image; the animals are not known to be affected by New World screwworm. Photo by Brunxs via Pexels. The word “maggot” usually evokes decay. Many ...