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'Devastating' Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Spreading Toward The US, CDC Warns


An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1,190 more across Mexico and South America, and now the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention is alerting health workers of its northward spread.

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