The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...

The New World Screwworm, or the NWS for short, is a parasitic fly that was eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s. The fly gets its name for how its maggots feed on an animal by burrowing, ...

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

The detection of the parasitic New World screwworm in Mexico prompts the U.S. to impose livestock import restrictions. Officials warn the outbreak may endanger cattle and wildlife if it goes north.

The New World Screwworm has not been found in Ohio and is not currently present in the United States. But that doesn't mean Ohio isn't at risk at some point in the future.