Scientists with the CDC report that they've detected the tropical, flesh-eating parasite leishmaniasis in patients who haven't traveled outside the country Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at ...
A flesh-eating parasite that burrows into its host's skin through open wounds is making a comeback in Central America, U.S. officials warn. New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax ...
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 ...
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus ...
Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue ...
A DAD'S haemorrhoids turned out to be a dangerous flesh-eating disease that left him "an hour from death". Keith Jones, 40, went to his doctor last summer complaining of a high temperature and ...
A record number of cases of a potentially fatal “flesh-eating disease” were reported in Japan in 2023, and health experts warn the figure could rise. The number of patients diagnosed with ...
His stomach was operated on after doctors feared an abscess had formed but it was eventually diagnosed as necrotising fasciitis, also known as the "flesh-eating disease". However, he never saw his ...
A flesh-eating "zombie drug" called xylazine has been saturating the streets of Los Angeles, with severe, deadly effects when mixed with illicit opioids. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials ...