US Reports First Human Screwworm Case in Years Amid Outbreak Concerns
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A human case of flesh-eating screwworm has been confirmed in Maryland, the first in the U.S. in years, in a person who traveled from El Salvador, raising public health concerns.
- First human screwworm case in years confirmed in Maryland The Washington Post
- Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak Reuters
- First Human Case of ‘Horrific’ Flesh-Eating Parasite Detected in the U.S. People.com
- HHS Allows FDA Emergency Use of Animal Drugs to Combat New World Screwworm, Protect U.S. Food Supply HHS.gov
- Human case of screwworm detected in the US. Here's what to know. USA Today
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