More than 90 percent of popular Southern California freshwater game fish sampled in a new study contained invasive worms capable of infecting humans, scientists are warning. The parasites — two ...

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

This is the kind of thing nightmares are made of, and once you read the statistics, it may keep you up at night.

A New World screwworm (NWS) outbreak in Mexico has raised alarms at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The impact on ...

A dangerous parasite once eradicated in the United States could be making a return, and experts said it poses a serious threat to pets this summer. The New World screwworm, a flesh-eating ...

Federal and state officials, and farmers and ranchers across the country, have been increasingly concerned about the possible presence of a flesh-eating parasite called the New World screwworm.

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Last week, the United States halted all cattle trade with Mexico to stop the spread of a parasitic flesh-eating fly known as ...

Last week, the United States halted all cattle trade with Mexico to stop the spread of a parasitic flesh-eating fly known ... the deadly parasite poses a national security risk that could impact ...

New World screwworm disease is an infestation with the larvae of the NWS fly that lives off the flesh of living mammals and, less commonly, birds. When the fly lays its eggs in open wounds ...

(NewsNation) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would be suspending all cattle, horse and bison imports from Mexico after a flesh-eating parasite known as a screwworm was detected.

Key Takeaways The U.S. Department of Agriculture halts live cattle, horse, and bison imports from Mexico for at least two weeksThe pause aims to stop the spread of New World screwwormScrewworms can ...