A rare case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has been identified in Maryland in a person returning from El Salvador. The larvae burrow into wounds, causing severe tissue damage.

Lifelong boat captain George Billiris says he's lucky to be alive after Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria that lurks in warm coastal waters like those along Florida's Gulf Coast ...

A warning from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health may have some beachgoers exercising a little more caution.

(CNN) - Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the potentially deadly bacteria thrive in coastal waters during warmer months, ...

Massachusetts health officials say the case is rare and the beaches will remain open Getty A swimmer in Cape Cod was infected with flesh-eating bacteria due to an open wound Massachusetts health ...

(CNN) - Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the potentially deadly bacteria thrive in coastal waters during warmer months, ...

PANAMA CITY — Two people have now died this year in Bay County from a "flesh-eating" bacteria. According to past reports, a 78-year-old man visiting St. George Island in Franklin County died at a Bay ...

(CNN) - Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the potentially deadly bacteria thrive in coastal waters during warmer ...

A rare flesh-eating parasite, New World screwworm, surfaced in the US. The US department of health and human services reported the case. A person in Maryland contracted it after returning from El ...

The flesh of wild pigs in California is turning neon blue, with bizarre pictures going viral on social media platforms. The colour change is due to poisoning from diphacinone, which is a ...