USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.

The flesh-eating fly larva can be deadly to warm-blooded animals. It was first discovered in a cow in southern Mexico late ...

USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced the largest initiative yet in the U.S. Department of ...

Governor Greg Abbott announced that at least $750 million will go into a new Texas facility to prevent the spread of this ...

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of animal drugs to treat and prevent infestations of the New ...

At Mahr's ranch outside Tuxtla Gutierrez, a worker lassos a young cow. The animal bucks as it is guided over to Mahr, who is ...

Multiple departments in the Trump administration are working to combat the proliferation of a flesh-eating parasite quickly ...

Local experts are warning of possible screwworm activity coming to the area. There have been reports of increased activity from New World Screwworms in Mexico with concerns that it will come further ...

In this week's Degrees of Science we are learning about the New World Screwworm, and about the impacts it could have on Texas ...