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

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

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

Try to put eyes on your herd, as much as possible, look out for anything abnormal,” said J. Scott Herod, who owns a ranch and ...

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

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

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

The Tennessee State Veterinarian is warning livestock owners to keep an eye out for their animals after the New World ...

For the second time in under six months, the U.S. is closed to cattle, sheep and bison imports through ports of entry along the southern border. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the ...

Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the ...

As it passed, the specially modified plane dropped scores of parasitic New World screwworm flies through an elongated chute onto the herd. Then the plane’s whir gave way to the swarm’s buzz.