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While Mexico defends ‘sovereignty,’ cartels import a flesh-eating parasite into Texas

Fox News 17 Jun 2026
sovereignty and national security ... By the time Mexican authorities confirmed the first cases in November 2024, the parasite had already spread across Central America and deep into southern Mexico ... supply chain.
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The Parasitic Screwworm Has Crossed Into Texas, and the Tools That Beat It Once May ...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 16 Jun 2026
Federal inspectors confirmed New World screwworm in a 3-week-old calf near La Pryor, Texas, on June 3, 2026, the first detection in the state since 1966 ... .
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This Ohio animal tricks fish into carrying its parasitic larvae

Port Clinton News Herald 16 Jun 2026
How pocketbook mussels trick fishes into housing parasitic larvae.
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Researchers warn of deadly human-infecting parasite found in West Coast wildlife for first time

The Independent 15 Jun 2026
The tapeworm can cause symptoms similar to liver cancer and cirrhosis .
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Scientists from Pécs Could Revolutionize Protection Against Parasitic Diseases

Hungary Today 15 Jun 2026
The University of Pécs and the consortium leader, Neo-Antigén Biotech Kft., are developing a vaccine against a tropical parasite with funding from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.
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Fleas, flickers, parasitic flies and fragrant flowers

Scottsbluff StarHerald 13 Jun 2026
... pests and parasites, to our local scurrying .
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FDA approves emergency use of drug to treat deadly, flesh-eating parasite attacking dogs and cats

New York Post 13 Jun 2026
Emergency operations center activated after flesh-eating parasite breaches Potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite breaches Texas border This potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite is getting closer to the US.
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Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas

Herald Banner 13 Jun 2026
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected ... × This page requires Javascript ... ....
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Naig: Iowa is monitoring screwworm; parasite poses no food-safety risk (copy)

Atlantic News Telegraph 12 Jun 2026
Department of Agriculture confirmed the nation’s first case of New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that infests and feeds on warm-blooded animals, including humans, in Texas.
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Here’s what Kansas pet owners should know about risk of New World screwworm

The Wichita Eagle 12 Jun 2026
“We’re trying to emphasize that any warm-blooded animal with an open wound would be a possible host for this pest,” a KDA spokesperson said ... .
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