Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration in a preemptive response to the potential spread of the New World ...

The center, which will disperse sterile flies, is part of a larger effort to keep the flesh-eating parasite from coming into ...

First U.S. screwworm case in a decade discovered in Florida import facility as Texas prepares for potential livestock ...

Before eradication, screwworm caused hundreds of millions of dollars in financial losses each year in the United States. Ranchers spent enormous time and money on treatment and prevention. The ...

Sterile flies tinted with a fluorescent dye are now being released in Texas as the harmful parasite inches close to the U.S.-Mexico border.

CHICAGO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will open a facility in Texas by the end of next year that ...

Federal agencies conducted a first-of-its-kind simulation to prepare for a potential New World screwworm outbreak that could ...

Currently there are no confirmed cases of New World Screwworm in the United States. However, a horse from Argentina ...

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will disperse glow-in-the dark, sterile flies ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration to prevent New World screwworm fly from spreading from Mexico and protect livestock and wildlife.

Moore Air Base will test sterile fly dispersal systems this week as part of expanded prevention efforts against the livestock ...

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins was in Edinburg, Texas, on Monday for the domestic NWS sterile fly dispersal facility ...