Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the US, the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports from Mexico ...

The New World screwworm isn't a new species, but the flesh-eating maggots are certainly disturbing. Here's what Tennesseans ...

Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the ...

The New World screwworm is endemic in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean — and its northward spread into Mexico has ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended all horse, cattle and bison imports over the parasitic outbreak.

The U.S. has suspended imports of live cattle from Mexico amid the threat of a flesh-eating maggot known as the New World ...

The parasite primarily infests livestock but can also affect humans and wildlife ... the smell of decaying flesh, the presence of fly maggots in wounds and isolation from other animals or people.

New World screwworms are fly larvae that burrow into a wound or mucous membranes of animals and rarely humans. The maggots feast on the flesh and blood of their host with tiny mouth hooks.