The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

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 ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

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 ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas National Hospital in San Pedro Sula. The first admission was in April.

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.

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 ...

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 ...