Local experts are warning of possible screwworm activity coming to the area. There have been reports of increased activity ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a declaration allowing the Food and Drug Administration ...

As a former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and cattle producer, I’ve seen firsthand the devastating effects of animal disease outbreaks. Few threats concern me more than the ...

Belize has recorded its first confirmed human case of New World Screwworm (NWS) since its re-emergence in the country in ...

A flesh-eating parasite nearly eradicated decades ago is headed for Texas, cattle producers warn, prompting urgent calls for ...

The United States has announced plans to build a $750 million facility in southern Texas to combat the threat of New World ...

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 ...

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.

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

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...