A $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm fly dispersal facility in South Texas, along with a comprehensive protection plan, ...

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...

The New World screwworm has come back with a vengeance in Mexico. This time, however, it is not only animals targeted, but ...

This parasite is [not currently found in Canada]( but with travel-related cases increasing, Canadians heading south should be ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on June 18 announced an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm fly dispersal facility in south Texas and a five-pronged plan to enhance the U.S ...

The New World screwworm may not be a creature that many have heard of. This is because the flies that lay eggs that create the larvae have been eradicated from the U.S. since the 1960s.

Any warm-blooded animal (including birds and humans) could be infected with New World screwworm maggots, he said. “While we consider this a livestock disease, it also impacts pets and wildlife ...

Although no Texas cases had been reported as of Tuesday, Johnson County Commissioner Larry Woolley warned of a potential screwworm fly infestation in mid to late summer. In May, the U.S ...

New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now that they’re on their way back, those who remember dealing with them ...