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

To combat an outbreak of flesh-eating New World screwworm flies in the US, the country is taking the threat to livestock ...

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

Researchers from KU Leuven, the University of California Davis Medical Center, the University of Cologne, and over 20 ...

The New World Screwworm (NWS), a devastating parasitic infestation that poses serious health risks to livestock, wildlife, ...

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 ...

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

The flesh-eating parasite was thought to have been eradicated but has made a gruesome comeback, devouring one woman's lungs ...

This carnivorous parasite, which jumps to humans from livestock, has already infected 124 people in the Central American country. The United States remains very concerned about the presence of the ...

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

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.