Overview

• HHS and CDC confirmed a Maryland patient contracted Cochliomyia hominivorax after travel to El Salvador, recovered, and showed no evidence of transmitting the parasite.
• Mexico’s Health Ministry reported 41 confirmed human miasis cases and one death, with most cases in Chiapas and the fatality in Campeche.
• New Mexican infections were recorded in Yucatán and Tabasco, and officials note many patients are older adults or have comorbidities.
• U.S. authorities tightened livestock import controls and announced a sterile-fly production facility in Texas as part of containment efforts.
• Mexico, Central American countries and the U.S. held an IICA-led workshop with APHIS and COPEG in Panama to strengthen surveillance, training and coordinated response.