The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) has shut down animal imports at the southern border following an outbreak of a deadly flesh-eating parasite, with concerns of the return of the eradicated pest ...

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.

If you started ranching within the last five decades, it’s unlikely that you’ve seen a case of New World screwworm because the deadly parasite was largely eradicated from the United States in 1966 and ...

Just a few hundred miles from our southern border, a flesh-eating parasite has been detected in Mexico, putting America’s farmers and ranchers on watch. The New World screwworm is a parasitic fly that ...

HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (KRGV) — Several state officials gathered in Edinburg to announce a plan to prevent the screwworm outbreak in Mexico from reaching the country. During a news conference, ...

WASHINGTON - Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, the patient having recently returned from El Salvador, ...

A $750 million beachhead against a devastating parasite that can attack cattle, pets and people will soon be established in South Texas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be investing millions ...

New World screwworm larva close up, and the mouth hooks they use to eat living flesh. The last time the New World screwworm invaded the U.S., it devastated livestock and required a decades-long ...

Following Mexico's recent confirmation of a New World screwworm case less than 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is on high alert. Mexico’s National Service of ...

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is urging veterinarians, livestock producers and animal health professionals to remain vigilant about recognizing signs and symptoms ...