U.S. New World screwworm cases have risen to 27, prompting expanded Texas quarantines and continued sterile fly releases to contain the outbreak. The post U.S. screwworm cases climb to 27 as Texas ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is warning Texans about the growing threat of screw worm and what it could mean for the state’s livestock and agriculture industry. “You know we have like a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COPEG is working to reverse the advance of the screw worm by re-establishing a barrier of sterile flies - Empaque Del Vuelo/COPEG ...

It took the U.S. decades and hundreds of millions of dollars to eradicate the flesh-eating New World screwworm. Here’s the plan to renew the fight now that it’s back.

National news stories about the 2026 resurgence of the screw worm in Texas may not raise alarms for most Citrus County ...

As of Tuesday, June 9, 2026, the United States Department of Agriculture has confirmed 5 New World Screwworm cases which include three infected cattle and one goat in Texas as well as a dog infected ...

A reinfestation of New World screw worm is emerging in Central America and the parasite is already endemic in South America. New World screw worm Cochliomyia hominivorax is a parasitic fly larva that ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The closest confirmed case yet of the New World screw worm has been detected just 70 miles south of the U.S.–Mexico border, sparking new concerns for the Kansas cattle industry.

Gov. Abbott expands state of disaster after second flesh eating worm found in Texas Two New World Screw Worms have been found in Texas, the flesh eating worm threatens livestock.