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

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Not enough sterile flies are being dropped in Mexico to reverse New World screwworm’s northward spread, Mexico’s top ...

Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of ...

The US has announced the reopening of the sterile fly production plant in Chiapas, part of a joint strategy with Mexico to ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...

The US has come up with a strategy to stop the flesh-eating New World screwworm's northern march toward the US-Texas border. For anyone not convinced of the importance of halting the parasite, the ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...