In May, the Secretary of Agriculture suspended live cattle, horses, and bison through U.S. southern border ports of entry due to the rapid northward spread of New World Screwworms in Mexico. Secretary ...

USDA and Mexico announce $21 million investment to combat New World screwworm as cattle experts closely watch developments.

An investigation is underway into the false report that New World screwworm was detected in Missouri. Missouri State Attorney ...

NWS is a deadly parasitic infection that can "kill a full-grown cow within one to two weeks," said NPR. When affected, the ...

New World Screwworm spreads from Mexico, prompting US cattle import ban. This threatens beef supply and could drive prices ...

To protect the United States from a new threat posed by an old foe – the New World screwworm – the U.S.-Mexico border was ...

A flesh-eating parasite known as New World Screwworm is moving closer and closer to the US border in Texas. The devastating ...

An ag economist says the import ban of live cattle from Mexico continues to put pressure on producers in the southern United ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended livestock imports from Mexico to Texas to prevent the spread of the ...

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

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

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...