A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

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

The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...

The image, the smell, the emotions: five cattle producers and veterinarians from around the world share their first-hand ...

Oral myiasis, a rare parasitic infestation, occurs when fly larvae invade mouth tissues due to poor hygiene, wounds, or weakened immunity. Primarily f ...

Arewa PUNCH reports that maggot therapy is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound (s) of a human ...

The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday halted cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States over concerns of the New World screwworm parasite's rapid spread.

Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...

The US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The parasitic insect poses a threat to livestock and, in rare cases, humans. US ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped containment ...