New World Screwworm Enters US: Texas Calf Infected With Flesh-Eating Parasite—Are Humans At Risk?

The United States has confirmed its first New World Screwworm case since 1966 after a flesh-eating parasite was detected in a ...

Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time ...

Eradicated screwworm found in Texas alarms ag officials, Oklahoma cattle industry

A rare screwworm was found in a Texas calf, the first U.S. case since 1966, sparking fears for the beef industry in nearby ...

Flesh-eating New World screwworm detected in Texas calf, USDA says, signaling major threat to food production

A case of flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.

New World screwworm found in Texas: what it means for US, beef prices

Texas has established a 12-mile quarantine zone around a calf that was infested by a New World screwworm in La Pryor.