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Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...
Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...
Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Tuesday that Mexico and the United States have agreed to slowly reopen their border for cattle trade ...
Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...
Not enough sterile flies are being dropped in Mexico to reverse New World screwworm’s northward spread, Mexico’s top ...
Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of ...
A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...