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Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...
Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...
Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.
Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...
Not enough sterile flies are being dropped in Mexico to reverse New World screwworm’s northward spread, Mexico’s top ...
The US has announced the reopening of the sterile fly production plant in Chiapas, part of a joint strategy with Mexico to ...
The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.
A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...