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A fly once eradicated from the United States has returned with a particularly gruesome calling card: maggots that burrow into living flesh. The New World screwworm is a parasitic fly that doesn’t ...

In the 1950s, the New World screwworm cost U.S. livestock producers tens of millions of dollars a year, reaching $50 million ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is fast-tracking its Texas screwworm facility, which could produce 300 million sterile flies weekly by late 2028. The post USDA fast-tracks Texas screwworm facility ...

USDA has conducted more than 1,000 drone surveillance flights in Texas, while the Department of Homeland Security brings border surveillance capabilities and personnel into the federal response.

They may look like any ordinary species of flies buzzing around on a given day, but the New World screwworm is quite extraordinary. Screwworm flies are highly destructive parasitic flies that feed on ...

On a practically cloudless day, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott looked into the skies as Border Patrol agents ...

As the New World screwworm has resurged in North America, it's infesting both livestock and people, a new report shows.

WACO, Texas — Waco City Council has approved the acceptance of 32,000 doses of NexGard medication valued at just under $600,000, donated by the Bissell Pet Foundation in partnership with ...

Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said the park is in a screwworm infested zone. Here's what horse owners and pet owners ...