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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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

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 shut its southern border to livestock imports again after a flesh-eating parasite was found further north in ...

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.

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