"Certain drugs to treat screwworm infection are not licensed in the U.S., having been unnecessary for half a century." ...

NCBA’s Woodall says the goal is complete eradication — not just from the U.S., but from Mexico and Central America, ...

New World Screwworm is moving further north from Central America.

A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to combat the New ...

New World Screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, is traveling north from Central ...

Screwworm outbreak in Mexico leads to six human cases and a U.S. livestock import ban, threatening public health and cattle ...

After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

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

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing ...

The parasite has devastated thousands south of the U.S. A recent northward surge in cases triggered emergency measures from ...

NEW MEXICO’S CATTLE INDUSTRY IS GETTING READY FOR SCREWWORM TO HIT OUR STATE. THIS IS LARVAE THAT ENTERS THE WOUNDS OF COWS DEVELOPING UNDER THE SKIN AND OFTEN CAUSES DEATH. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ...

On May 11, 2025 the U.S. suspended live animal imports from Mexico. This brought to a standstill the importation of feeder ...