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

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

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

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

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 ...

As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In order to combat the spread of the New World screwworm, Governor Greg Abbott has established a ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Wednesday launched an $8.5 million sterile new world screwworm (NWS) fly ...