Doctors find maggot embedded in woman's groin after honeymoon
by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff
A Florida woman who went on her honeymoon in Belize earlier this year made a creepy medical discovery after she returned home.
About two months after her trip, the 36-year-old went to several doctors complaining about a hard, itchy bump on her groin.
She eventually visited Memorial Hospital of Tampa. A surgeon there made an incision on the bump and removed a living creature from her skin.
It was later identified as a human botfly larva, which is essentially a maggot.
Doctors say the human botfly is very rarely seen in the United States, but it is very common in the tropical regions of the Americas.
Once the larva was removed, the woman reported her lesion healed within a week.
The woman's case was reported in this month's Journal of Investigative Medicine. You can read the full report here.
Bill would prioritize workers amid bankruptcy
by Raquel Martin / Jul 18, 2019
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Democrats and former workers from bankrupt retail giants like Toys R Us and Sears Us are calling out Wall Street.
At a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday, laid off workers shared stories of unkept promises, saying that instead of helping, private equity firms drained the companies financially to make a quick buck and left them without jobs and benefits.