If unchecked, diabetes leads to damaged nerve endings, meaning small injuries can go unnoticed and turn into ulcers prone to life-threatening bacterial infections. The bacteria build a nearly ...

After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.

had nothing to lose lisa Baxter thought she had seen it all. The manager of Tufts wound care team, She spent years evaluating sores, incisions and infections in hospitalized patients. I'm not grossed ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A patient in Maryland, United States (US), has died from an infection of maggots, or maggot larvae, from the New World screwworm species. This is the first human case in the US ...

Malodorous, fungating wounds in the final stages of life for a patient with cancer have remained a challenge to physicians and wound care nurses as a result of the incurable nature of the disease and ...

Shocked Ana Cardoso, 10, 'felt something moving' inside her mouth and was diagnosed with a rare fly lava maggot infection A schoolgirl who went to the dentist with swollen gums was horrified when 15 ...

If you've been keeping up with HBO's "House of the Dragon," you may have noticed the show feels a lot less magic-driven. In place of "Game of Thrones"-style postmortem revival of characters like Jon ...

A pregnant mum fears for the health of her young children because of a maggot and fly infestation beneath the floor of their flat. Jess Rumble-Bear said the housing association responsible for the ...

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — An Iowa man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his infant son who was found in a maggot-infested diaper on a maggot-infested baby swing. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls ...