A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States in a person who traveled to El Salvador. The parasitic insect is actually a fly that looks similar to a ...

A 21-year-old woman became dizzy and hard of hearing before doctors found a parasite in her ear. J A Uppendahl via Unsplash Most people have experienced a kind of ringing or buzzing in their ears, ...

State health officials have issued a health advisory warning about a rare and previously eradicated parasite that can burrow itself into the flesh of humans and animals.

Its larvae is capable of infesting “warm-blooded animals and people,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In something straight out of a horror movie, a woman found a creepy crawly lurking inside her ear after losing her hearing. The 21-year-old woman, from Nepal, went to the doctor in the city of Dharan ...

The first human case in the U.S. of a flesh-eating parasite was reported in Maryland.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said a case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite has ...