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 ...

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

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

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

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

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

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

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

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

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

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