Countless diseases and life-threatening pests have been eradicated worldwide. When what was once eradicated makes a comeback, though, there is cause for concern both for social and economic reasons. A ...

In this opinion piece, GOP Reps. Frank Lucas and Tony Gonzales argue that establishment of a new sterile fly production ...

Commissioners passed a resolution on June 9, encouraging state and national action to prevent the reintroduction of the New ...

Parasitic larvae from flies known as New World screwworm are infesting cattle in Mexico, and officials are racing to slow ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture last month stopped the movement of cows, horses and bison between Mexico and the U.S.

Although no Texas cases had been reported as of Tuesday, Johnson County Commissioner Larry Woolley warned of a potential screwworm fly infestation in mid to late summer. In May, the U.S. Department of ...

The U.S. is ramping up the fight against a parasite that experts say is a multibillion-dollar threat to the Texas cattle ...

By Seth Millstein for Sentient. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Oklahoma News Service reporting for the ...

With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.

A deepening crisis is unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border as parasitic larvae from New World screwworm flies infest cattle ...

President Claudia Sheinbaum met with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in Mexico City on Wednesday.

What makes the larvae of this fly peculiar and deadly is that it feeds on the tissue of living animals rather than dead ones through small cuts found on their flesh.