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

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

The United States is preparing to carry out a bold and surprising plan to fight a deadly threat — flesh-eating maggots. Flesh-Eating Maggots Threaten Livestock and Wildlife These maggots are the ...

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

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

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

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

Livestock trade with Mexico to resume after screwworm health scare, announced the USDA. Santa Teresa port to allow livestock ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday a phased reopening of cattle, bison and equine imports from Mexico ...

As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced ...

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

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