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After decades of eradication, the New World screwworm is back in the United States.
As cases of New World screwworm spread and threaten the beef and cattle industry, the Trump administration is rolling out a familiar playbook: Blame former Pre…
The chances are low, but not zero.
Concerns over the spread of the New World screwworm are growing after multiple new cases were confirmed on Monday, and as state and federal officials ramp up e…
Texas officials announced they have detected the New World screwworm in livestock, the first evidence of the parasite in that state in decades.
It took the U.S. decades and hundreds of millions of dollars to eradicate the flesh-eating New World screwworm. Here’s the plan to renew the fight now that it’…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn't expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a…
Canada's food inspection agency has announced a temporary ban on livestock from the US state of Texas after flesh-eating screwworms were discovered in calves t…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate…
US agriculture and health officials have outlined a plan to combat a flesh-eating parasite that was officially eradicated in the country in 1966, but was just …
Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.
