Memphis Police said they are investigating an elder abuse case involving a patient at a local nursing home after a horrifying discovery. According to a police report, the elderly resident of Ashton ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently returned from ...

An Elemendorf man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the death of his 74-year-old mother in a case authorities said was “the worst case of neglect” involving an elderly person. Juan Santos ...

Federal health officials reported on Monday that cases of a flesh-eating parasitic infection continue to be detected near the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a New World ...

A Boca Raton nurse is suing a nursing home, alleging she was fired after reporting unsafe conditions, including a patient ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Putting flesh-eating maggots into open wounds may not be such a great idea after all. They do clean wounds more quickly than normal treatment but this does not lead to faster ...

A Charlotte nursing home that allowed a woman’s wound to become infested with maggots has already been cited by North Carolina’s health department. Now, her grandson is asking a judge to make the ...