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.
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 ... .
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.
U.S. AgricultureSecretaryBrooke 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 ... ....
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.