Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) larvae use their sharp mandibles to dig into and eat away the living tissue of ...

National and Kansas healthcare officials are warning people to watch out for possible signs of a flesh-eating parasite.

TAMPA, Florida -- It's like something out of a science-fiction movie -- a brain-eating parasitic worm living in your eye. But for one Florida man, it was reality. ***Warning: This story contains ...

Hoards of flesh-eating worms have erupted from the ground in Texas, terrifying local residents. The invasive hammerhead worms — which can grow up to a foot long — came to the surface in the ...

A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...