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

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

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

NCBA’s Woodall says the goal is complete eradication — not just from the U.S., but from Mexico and Central America, ultimately pushing the fly back to its original range in South America.

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

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 ...

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

Having an infestation of screwworms would impact Texas as well as the rest of the U.S. With the potential for a number of risks, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are hoping to fund an operation ...

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

In May, the Secretary of Agriculture suspended live cattle, horses, and bison through U.S. southern border ports of entry due ...

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

Neither of New Mexico’s state veterinarians knew they wanted to work in animal health until college. Dr. Samantha Holeck, state veterinarian with the New Mexico Livestock Board, was inspired to join ...