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

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

The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July. U.S. agriculture officials had ...

Imports were temporarily paused this spring after a screwworm outbreak was reported in Mexico, putting livestock, wildlife ...

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

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 ...

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

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

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

The US has come up with a strategy to stop the flesh-eating New World screwworm's northern march toward the US-Texas border.

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