Commissioners passed a resolution on June 9, encouraging state and national action to prevent the reintroduction of the New ...

New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now ...

The New World screwworm has come back with a vengeance in Mexico. This time, however, it is not only animals targeted, but people as well.

Although no Texas cases had been reported as of Tuesday, Johnson County Commissioner Larry Woolley warned of a potential screwworm fly infestation in mid to late summer. In May, the U.S. Department of ...

In this opinion piece, GOP Reps. Frank Lucas and Tony Gonzales argue that establishment of a new sterile fly production ...

Parasitic larvae from flies known as New World screwworm are infesting cattle in Mexico, and officials are racing to slow ...

What makes the larvae of this fly peculiar and deadly is that it feeds on the tissue of living animals rather than dead ones through small cuts found on their flesh.

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz called for urgent action to combat the growing threat of the New World Screwworm, a pest endangering livestock, wildlife, and family farms. She introduced a ...

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service announced it will host a webinar Monday afternoon to provide more information to agricultural producers and communities on the New World screwworm, a ...

On ranches in South Texas, the mood is tense as word is reaching ranchers about the spreading of New World Screwworms. These are flesh-eating parasites that target warm-blooded animals.

In a formal letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), R-CALF USA’s Animal Health Committee called for swift approval to add ivermectin ...