Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COPEG is working to reverse the advance of the screw worm by re-establishing a barrier of sterile flies - Empaque Del Vuelo/COPEG ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is warning Texans about the growing threat of screw worm and what it could mean for the state’s livestock and agriculture industry.

Federal health officials reported on Monday that cases of a flesh-eating parasitic infection continue to be detected near the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a New World ...

The United States has banned all livestock imports from Mexico due to the rapid spread of screw worm disease, which could lead to increased meat prices in the short term. The chair of the Chihuahua ...

The threat of an invasive screw worm species could be harmful to Minnesota's pets and wildlife. Experts are urging residents to say alert for the New World screwworm, an aggressive fly whose maggots ...

A reinfestation of New World screw worm is emerging in Central America and the parasite is already endemic in South America. New World screw worm Cochliomyia hominivorax is a parasitic fly larva that ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — More cases of New World screwworm have been found in a Mexican border state. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Thursday that eight new cases of the deadly ...