Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy. Maggot ...

WARNING: This story contains material some viewers may find disturbing due to its graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A resident at a Henrico nursing home is sounding ...

WASHINGTON — Think of these wiggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal. Wound-care clinics ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Social services investigators determined a Henrico County nursing home resident, who said his wound became infested with maggots, was neglected at his facility due to a lapse in ...

A Charlotte nursing home that allowed a woman’s wound to become infested with maggots has already been cited by North Carolina’s health department. Now, her grandson is asking a judge to make the ...