An investigation is underway after rumors began swirling about New World Screwworm being found in Missouri, according to the ...

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. today issued the following statement in support of the New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025: “The ...

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...

NWS is a deadly parasitic infection that can "kill a full-grown cow within one to two weeks," said NPR. When affected, the ...

After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

Having an infestation of screwworms would impact Texas as well as the rest of the U.S. With the potential for a number of risks, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are hoping to fund an operation ...

Try to put eyes on your herd, as much as possible, look out for anything abnormal,” said J. Scott Herod, who owns a ranch and ...

NCBA’s Woodall says the goal is complete eradication — not just from the U.S., but from Mexico and Central America, ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The United States has, for 70 years, been fighting a continuous aerial war against the New World screwworm, a parasite that eats animals alive: cow ...

The latest halt in cattle imports via the U.S.-Mexico border comes only months after imports were stopped due to the same ...

Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the parasitic fly from spreading to American animals.

Screwworm outbreak in Mexico leads to six human cases and a U.S. livestock import ban, threatening public health and cattle ...