With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.

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

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

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

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

Missouri authorities are investigating a fake press release about the damaging livestock pest New World screwworm that ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing ...

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

A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to combat the New ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins provided an update on the USDA’s ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat 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 ...

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