By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...

Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...

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

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

Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry.

New cases of screwworms on July 8 in Veracruz, Mexico has caused the U.S. to close southern borders to livestock imports.

The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.

Secretary Rollins takes decisive action and shuts down U.S. Southern border ports to livestock trade due to further northward ...

USDA's plan was to slowly reopen the southern border, but a new case of New World screwworm in Mexico has put reopening plans ...

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

Meanwhile, the USDA has rolled out plans for an $8.5 million New World screwworm (NWS) facility in Texas and is exploring ...