The first case of a flesh-eating maggot in years has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed with Fast Company on Monday. The maggot, the larva ...

Neanderthals became known as carnivores because of their hunting, but scientists now say this is inaccurate - Science History/Alamy Neanderthals loved eating maggots and were not the total carnivores ...

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.

A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease ...

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen. reading time 3 minutes Modern humanity’s most famous cousins, the Neanderthals ...

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in the U.S. was confirmed in a traveler who visited Central America, federal officials said Monday. The parasite, known as the New ...

New research suggests Neanderthals ate rotten flesh and maggots, explaining why the levels of nitrogen-15 found in their remains are so high. Cory Doctorow via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 ...

The first human case in the U.S. of a flesh-eating parasite was reported in Maryland.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said a case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite has ...

Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the New World screwworm. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...