The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday a phased reopening of cattle, bison and equine imports from Mexico ...

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and eliminate the New World screwworm, including an $8.5 million fly ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

The deadly, flesh-eating parasite has led to border closures for live cattle from Mexico over the past six months.

The New World screwworm parasite has been detected in Mexico, prompting the U.S. Agriculture Department to launch an $8.5 million sterile fly production facility in South Texas to prevent an outbre… ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World Screwworm threats.

The USDA will release sterile New World screwworm male flies into Mexico from a deactivated Air Force base in south Texas, hoping to stop the cattle-biting parasite from crossing the border.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service just suspended cattle trade with Mexico over the detection of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. Here's what it could mean for you.