In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.

Texas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...

With the flesh-eating screwworm inching toward Texas, the state will commission a team to fight the parasitic fly and protect ...

There's one lab in Panama that can turn out 110 million, so we're about 400 million a week short," Miller said. RELATED: Flesh-eating screwworm prompts livestock import suspension at U.S.-Mexico ...

According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will team up to combat the ...

The USDA will reopen Mexico livestock ports in phases starting July 7 after an 8-week closure due to a New World Screwworm threat.

Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of ...

USDA launches an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to stop the deadly new world screwworm fly and protect U.S. livestock.

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...