Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

The southern border was closed to imports of the animals after screwworm, eradicated in the U.S. for decades, had been moving ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control ...

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

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

Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...

Imports of livestock from Mexico will resume in phases starting next week after a ban in May at ports of entry because of ...

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

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

The USDA will reopen Mexico livestock ports in phases starting July 7 after an 8-week closure due to a New World Screwworm threat.

Abbott directs the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife to form a joint response team to combat the New ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In order to combat the spread of the New World screwworm, Governor Greg Abbott has established a ...