Texas Beef Industry Profits Eaten Away by Threat of Screwworm June 17, 2026 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune and Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that...
Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite Spreads Beyond Texas June 10, 2026 By Jeffrey Collins Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating...
Texas Governor Vows Sped Up Construction of Screwworm Fly Breeding Facility June 9, 2026 By John Hanna Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern last week that a new factory isn’t expected to start breeding sterile New World...
US Races to Contain Deadly Screwworm Threat to Cattle Supply June 5, 2026 By Ilena Peng and Joe Lovinger The US Department of Agriculture is racing to contain the deadly New World screwworm after a case was detected in...
Deadly Screwworm Parasite Found in US Threatens Cattle Herd June 4, 2026 By Ilena Peng A deadly cattle parasite was confirmed in the US for the first time in nearly a decade, posing the latest...
Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official August 28, 2025 By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country’s only one so far this...
Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy August 26, 2025 By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the...
Texas Establishes Response Team to Prevent Re-Emergence of Invasive Screwworm Fly June 30, 2025 By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott wants Texas to get serious about an invasive, parasitic fly that poses a serious threat to the...