The funeral director at South Chicago Chapel has had her license suspended after authorities discovered dozens of bodies “in various states of decomposition,” according to Illinois authorities.

As the New World screwworm has resurged in North America, it's infesting both livestock and people, a new report shows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the ...

Investigators in Chicago have launched an investigation after discovering more than 50 bodies at a local funeral home had been improperly stored in unrefrigerated, rodent-infested conditions that led ...

Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting.

The first human case of New World screwworm infection was reported in the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services said on Sunday. Screwworms are a flesh-eating parasite that are native to ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon. The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and ...

Last year, doctors amputated the left leg of 84-year-old Lawrence Cline above the knee because he suffered from severe bone infection and bedsores infested by maggots, according to a lawsuit his ...

Veterinary medicine is a medical career that bridges the gap between animal diseases and human diseases. It’s common in veterinary practice to encounter cases of parasitic infestation in humans: the ...

Kansas health officials have alerted providers about the potential for human cases of New World screwworm. New World screwworm maggots burrow into and feed on the living flesh of animals and humans.