Though the pest primarily affects livestock, officials say humans, wildlife and pets can also be infected.

Photo by the USDA A recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite in southern ... Then, the larvae burrow into the opening and latch onto the skin. Texas officials recommend that all wounds be ...

(Tribune News Service) — A recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite in southern ... Then, the larvae burrow into the opening and latch onto the skin. Texas officials recommend that all ...

Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing ...

Jimmy Carter’s example — as a leader, a humanitarian, and a human — can guide us through these unclear times, writes WHO ...

The noodle-thin parasites then burrow their way out, breaking through the skin in burning blisters ... villagers to work toward eliminating a human disease for only the second time in history.