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Screwworm threat returns to U.S.: Why it matters
In 2025, the United States faced a series of reminders that the security of our food supply depends on public health systems ...
Health officials have confirmed the United States’ first human case of New World screwworm infection, a rare but serious parasitic disease that has prompted alerts across both public health and ...
WASHINGTON - Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, the patient having recently returned from El Salvador, ...
New World screwworm larva close up, and the mouth hooks they use to eat living flesh. The last time the New World screwworm invaded the U.S., it devastated livestock and required a decades-long ...
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