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

The first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades opened Monday in Texas, part of a larger ...

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

Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a statewide disaster declaration to prevent the New World screwworm fly from reaching Texas.

Texas is ramping up preparations to meet the looming invasion of New World screwworm, a parasitic fly threatening the state’s multibillion-dollar livestock industry. The insect is typically found in ...

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.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday celebrated the completion of a U.S.-based sterile fly dispersal facility in Edinburg, Texas. The facility expands USDA’s ...

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

New world screwworm cases are proliferating in a Mexican state that borders Texas, with the pest having escaped containment ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a statewide disaster declaration to prevent the potential spread of the New World Screwworm into ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Texas are preparing to protect the state’s multi-billion dollar livestock industry ...

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