The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...

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

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

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

Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...

Livestock trade with Mexico to resume after screwworm health scare, announced the USDA. Santa Teresa port to allow livestock ...

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

The USDA has announced plans to reopen the southern border to cattle and bison imports in a phased approach, signaling progress in the effort to control the New World Screwworm ...