The latest case of new world screwworm was identified in Veracruz, around 370 miles south of the US-Mexico border.

Adult New World screwworm flies resemble the common blowfly but have multiple distinguishing features.

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in ...

Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

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

The Santa Teresa livestock crossing was set to open up July 21st after months of closure due to the New World Screwworm, a flesh eating parasite found in Mexico. But after a new case was found in the ...

The new world screw worm attacks animals by burrowing into wounds and feeding on live tissue. Now, with a confirmed case just ...

In a move to secure U.S. producers from the New World Screwworm, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, announced ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the border closure after Mexico reported a case of a flesh-eating parasite ...

Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) spearheaded a recent letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the ...

The USDA previously reopened certain ports, such as Douglas, Arizona, after Mexico's efforts to control the screwworm pest.

The US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The ...