U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and eliminate the New World screwworm, including an $8.5 million fly ...

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

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

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

Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...

In Central Texas and across the state, officials are preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

Abbott directs the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife to form a joint response team to combat the New ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In order to combat the spread of the New World screwworm, Governor Greg Abbott has established a ...

The New World screwworm parasite has been detected in Mexico, prompting the U.S. Agriculture Department to launch an $8.5 ...