Decades of screwworm vigilance have been undone in just two years. You only have to glance at a map to understand why the ...

The fly infects living mammals, including livestock, pets and humans. Untreated, it can lead to death. The U.S. previously ...

AgriLife Extension will host a webinar on New World screwworm on June 9 to provide more information to agricultural producers and the public.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins provided an update on the USDA’s ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - The screwworm, a pest likely remembered only by our grandparents, is making headlines again. With a proper name of New World Screwworm and scientifically known as Cochliomyia ...

Rollins also announced the USDA invested $21 million in renovating an existing fruit fly production facility in Metapa, ...

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz co-introduced a bill to build an American facility that would curb the reproduction of ...

USDA will invest $21 million to expand a Mexico facility, aiming to double sterile fly production and strengthen efforts to ...

In parts of Central America, illegal ranching on protected lands has become a front for drug trafficking and money laundering ...

Yesterday afternoon, Secretary Rollins held a call with her counterpart in Mexico, Secretary Berdegue, to discuss the ongoing ...

Last week, the United States halted all cattle trade with Mexico to stop the spread of a parasitic flesh-eating fly known as ...

A New World screwworm (NWS) outbreak in Mexico has raised alarms at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The impact on ...