Before you turn away in disgust, the larvae haven’t actually been used to heal human wounds. The study was what is described as a “proof-of-concept” trial. This means the realization of a certain ...

How did the larvae end up in her sinuses? A 58-year-old woman sneezed out live maggots after fly larvae developed inside her nasal sinuses, trapped by a deviated nasal septum. The case, published in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansas public health officials are advising providers to be on the lookout for humans infected with flesh-eating maggots of the ...

Yes, you read that right. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a green light to the larvae of Lucilia cuprina, commonly known as the Australian sheep blowfly, for use in maggot wound ...

Kansas health officials have alerted providers about the potential for human cases of New World screwworm. New World screwworm maggots burrow into and feed on the living flesh of animals and humans.