Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration in a preemptive response to the potential spread of the New World ...

The three cases are from the 23 initially reported in December in the state of Tamaulipas, which borders the state of Texas.

Healthbeat reports the resurgence of the New World screwworm threatens U.S. cattle, highlighting the fragility of food ...

Sterile flies tinted with a fluorescent dye are now being released in Texas as the harmful parasite inches close to the U.S.-Mexico border.

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

First U.S. screwworm case in a decade discovered in Florida import facility as Texas prepares for potential livestock ...

Currently there are no confirmed cases of New World Screwworm in the United States. However, a horse from Argentina ...

Governor Greg Abbott has issued a statewide disaster declaration in response to the spread of the New World screwworm.

The center, which will disperse sterile flies, is part of a larger effort to keep the flesh-eating parasite from coming into ...

Although it's been balmy in Wyoming, the arctic blast that hit Texas and northern Mexico is slowing the spread of the New World screwworm. While ...

As concern about New World screwworm grows, the Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled the new facility on a former Air Force base near Edinburg, Texas. It will allow the U.S. to disperse millions of sterile ...