Last year, doctors amputated the left leg of 84-year-old Lawrence Cline above the knee because he suffered from severe bone infection and bedsores infested by maggots, according to a lawsuit his ...

The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, according to an announcement from Cuprina Holdings, a Singapore-based company ...

A Boca Raton nurse is suing a local nursing home, claiming she was fired after raising concerns about unsafe and unsanitary conditions, including a patient she says was so severely neglected that he ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: "raining flies." A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

Lawsuit: Edgemont Healthcare allowed maggot‑infested bedsores, leading to amputation. State inspectors issued a 2025 report citing inadequate staffing, busted air conditioning. Edgemont Healthcare ...