CDC Activates Emergency Ops as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Outbreak Hits US

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Once hatched, the larvae burrow into living flesh, feeding aggressively and causing painful, life-threatening infestations known as myiasis.

Left untreated, it can kill livestock, pets, and wildlife – and, in rare cases, humans.

The USDA had eradicated the pest from the U.S. by the 1960s using sterile insect techniques, but it persisted in South continue reading …