There has been a warning that so-called "cutaneous myiasis" infections, in which fly larvae laid in damp laundry burrow into ...

Parasites are dangerous creatures that survive off their hosts. Here are 12 common parasites that feed on the human body.

A woman who had recently traveled through Central and South America discovered a botfly larva wriggling out of a sore on her arm five weeks later. According to the case study, published in the British ...

Dear Doctor: I read a terrible story about a couple who went to the Caribbean and got hookworms by going barefoot. Is that only possible in the tropics, or should I be worried here in the United ...

Health officials are warning of a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue and can infest humans. The larvae feed on healthy tissue, according to health experts. New World Screwworm was ...

The Autumn 2014 issue of Earth Island Journal tells of a South African company constructing an enormous "fly farm." This facility would use food waste to produce fly larvae which would then be fed to ...