Screwworm Gains Toehold the United States
The New World Screwworm (NWS), which devastated wildlife populations and the Lone Star State’s livestock industry 60 year…
Animal health officials respond to second detection of New World screwworm in the United States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed a second detection of New…
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…
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says U.S., Texas ready to fight parasitic fly – Houston Public Media
Gov. Greg Abbott looks on as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at a ribbon cutting event…
Maryland resident contracts rare, flesh-eating parasite after El Salvador trip
A Maryland resident has been diagnosed with a rare, flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm, the…