USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...

The latest threat to the southern border has wings and lays eggs that hatch into flesh-eating maggots that can kill people.

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized on Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest up to US$750 million to construct a new production facility in Texas designed ...

Food safety is a top concern driving U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to combat the threat of New World screwworm (NWS), a pest that is ...

The United States’ suspension of live cattle imports from Mexico hit at the worst possible time for rancher Martín Ibarra ...

State health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over.  The New World screwworm, Cochliomyia ...

USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sounded the alarm, warning of the potential spread of the New World screwworm into the United States.

A deadly parasitic fly, the NWS is believed to be 370 miles south, flying north through Mexico from Central America.

USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...