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mahatmakanejeeves

(66,661 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:52 PM Aug 25

Screwworm confirmed in US with first human case reported in Maryland: CDC

Source: Fox5DC, WTTG, the Fox Broadcasting affiliate in DC

Screwworm confirmed in US with first human case reported in Maryland: CDC

By Amanda Hurley * Published August 25, 2025 12:55pm EDT * Maryland * FOX 5 DC *



The Brief
* The first human case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in the United States.
* Health officials say the case was reported in Maryland, and confirmed earlier this month.
* The patient had traveled from El Salvador.

MARYLAND - New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has been detected in the United States for the first time.

What we know:
Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling to El Salvador.

It has been declared the first human case in the United States by the Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention.

The Maryland Department of Health confirms that there is no indication of transmission to any other people or animals, and that the risk to public health in the U.S. remains very low.

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Read more: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/screwworm-confirmed-us-first-human-case-reported-maryland-cdc



If you can look at Trump, you can look at a screwworm.

Fox Broadcasting is not the same thing as Fox News. YOU look it up.
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Screwworm confirmed in US with first human case reported in Maryland: CDC (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 25 OP
I thought they only went after ruminants Bayard Aug 25 #1
Great Public Heath we have here pfitz59 Aug 25 #2
Let's get these little guys over to RFK pronto! Blue Owl Aug 25 #3
Did RFK Jr. recently relocate to Maryland? newdeal2 Aug 25 #4
What an appropriate name for the repug era Nigrum Cattus Aug 25 #5
RFK Has Already Started a Breeding Program! The Roux Comes First Aug 25 #6
Wasn't that an old song? Oh wait, that was Glow little glow worm. C Moon Aug 25 #7
Looks like a Bot Fly larvae. 3Hotdogs Aug 25 #8
Actually by comparison mountain grammy Aug 25 #9
If they were being honest popsdenver Aug 25 #10
This is not good. I guess that's obvious and surely an understatement. littlemissmartypants Aug 26 #11

Bayard

(26,963 posts)
1. I thought they only went after ruminants
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:55 PM
Aug 25

Screw worms/barber pole worms make animals anemic, and gives them diarreah. Our goats get them sometimes.

popsdenver

(434 posts)
10. If they were being honest
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:02 PM
Aug 25

it is actually the THIRD case spotted in the U.S. The first and second are living in RFK's brain and Trump's Brains......munching away.........

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