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

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

State and federal agricultural leaders are making plans to combat a potentially devastating parasitic fly that they expect ...

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

The screw worm is one of four species that Prof Esvelt thinks would be ideal candidates for eradication through gene drives.

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

The US government will be opening a fly factory in Texas to mass produce millions of infertile flies as part of a ...

The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...

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

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

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