Abbott ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the spread of the ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In order to combat the spread of the New World screwworm, Governor Greg Abbott has established a ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

Abbott directs the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife to form a joint response team to combat the New ...

The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...

It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but the New World screwworm is a real and deadly insect. These parasitic ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is forming a Screwworm response team to fight the invasive worm's expected return to Texas.

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...

The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.