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

The larva burrows into the animal’s flesh like a screw, causing severe damage. “We don’t want the worm to get to our ranch, into our cattle and threatening our investments — what we have in genetics,” ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially toward the state’s $15 billion cattle industry, prompting state and ...

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

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

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

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan to enhance ...

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

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

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

The US has announced the reopening of the sterile fly production plant in Chiapas, part of a joint strategy with Mexico to ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins came to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas on Wednesday and announced what she called a “bold” new multi-national plan to stop New World ...