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Flesh-eating Screwworms Have Returned. Which New Technologies Could Stop Them?
August 11, 2026
LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 11 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:

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Flesh-eating Screwworms Have Returned. Which New Technologies Could Stop Them?

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They may look like any ordinary species of flies buzzing around on a given day, but the New World screwworm is quite extraordinary. Screwworm flies are highly destructive parasitic flies that feed on the tissue of warm-blooded animals, including humans (t . . .

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