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

An investigation is underway after rumors began swirling about New World Screwworm being found in Missouri, according to the ...

An investigation is underway into the false report that New World screwworm was detected in Missouri. Missouri State Attorney ...

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...

Having an infestation of screwworms would impact Texas as well as the rest of the U.S. With the potential for a number of ...

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

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

In May, the Secretary of Agriculture suspended live cattle, horses, and bison through U.S. southern border ports of entry due to the rapid northward spread of New World Screwworms in Mexico. Secretary ...

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

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. today issued the following statement in support of the New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025: “The ...

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

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