Greg Abbott warns of ‘challenging summer’ after flesh-eating parasite found in Texas
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued a New World screwworm disaster proclamation and warned Texans to…
USDA confirms second screwworm fly found in Texas
A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected…
New World screwworm in Texas: New case detected in Zavala County
The Brief Second case of New World screwworm detected in Texas New case is in a one-month-old calf…
CSU scientists stand ready as second screwworm case confirmed in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster Friday after two cases of the New World screwworm…
Second screwworm case near Texas border confirmed
(NewsNation) — Agriculture officials have discovered a second instance of New World screwworm about 5.6 miles from the…
Texas discovery of ‘devastating’ flesh-eating fly that lays eggs in animal eyes prompts new regulations in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that lays eggs in animal orifices, has…
Gov. Abbott to give update on New World screwworm case in Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials will provide an update Friday morning on the New World screwworm…
Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?
Topline A flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has been found in…
New World screwworm detected in South Texas after decades
The New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas for the first time in decades, prompting state…
Hello Houston (June 4, 2026) – Houston Public Media
Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! On today’s Hello Houston, we talk with John Diamond, Director of the Center…
Quarantine in Texas: US races to contain deadly flesh-eating parasite
Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a US farm in decades, federal and state…
Flesh-eating parasite confirmed in Texas. What Houston residents need to know about the new world screwworm
Federal officials have confirmed the presence of the New World screwworm in Texas, marking the first U.S. detection…