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USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...
USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...
State health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over.  The New World screwworm, Cochliomyia ...
Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.
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 ...
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $750 million to build the United States’ first ...
The USDA plan comes alongside a monthslong shutdown of the Mexico-U.S. border for cattle. The shutdown has affected Mexican ...
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.
Supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement are unhappy with a draft strategy the White House is circulating on ...
The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts ...