CDC Responds To Multiple Health Threats As Parasite Cases Surge Across U.S.

infestations known as myiasis.

If left untreated, the infestation can kill livestock, pets and wildlife and, in rare instances, infect humans.

Federal officials emphasize that no domestically acquired human cases have been reported and that the risk to the public remains very low, particularly when wounds are properly cleaned and protected.

The USDA eradicated continue reading …