The USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm discovery, prompting Texas officials to warn about the parasite's threat ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm eradicated in ... and then maggots “screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks” leading to a parasitic infection. TPWD officials said female screwworm ...

Male and female worms grow and migrate inside the body. About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities. In a dramatic event ...

A pinworm infection is an intestinal illness that's very common in elementary school-aged children. Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in the human colon and rectum.

Not only do they look disgusting, but a screwworm infestation is also very painful, as their name implies, screwworms "screw" into the flesh of their host- be it livestock ... Additionally, secondary ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm eradicated in the United States nearly 60 years ago ... The eggs hatch into painful larvae, and then maggots “screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks” leading ...