There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025, a historic low announced Friday by The Carter Center. The new mark comes barely a year after the death ...

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease ...

In Mozambique, honey-hunters and greater honeyguides share a secret language. Greater Honeyguide birds lead humans to hives while humans give birds wax. This unique partnership shows culture can shape ...

The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran a simulation preparing for an outbreak ...

Gov. Abbot is taking action and warning that the fly "poses a serious threat to Texas livestock industry and wildlife." ...

"It's a rich food source, so it's worth the energy they expend to tear up your lawn to get to them," said John Marzluff, a ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration Thursday in what his office described as an effort to "better equip the Texas New World Screwworm (NWS) Response Team to prevent the ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Department of Agriculture has issued a warning about the New World Screwworm (NWS), a ...

Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication. The Carter Center announced the ...

You don’t expect to see ants on a recipe list, but if you want to make yoghurt using the traditional Bulgarian recipe in this ...