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

On June 18, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a bold plan to combat New World screwworm (NWS). This plan calls for innovation to eradicate this pest from Mexico and Central ...

A simple, disorganized area of low pressure is bubbling over the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico well south of the Rio Grande Valley. The National Hurricane ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak ...

The pest, endemic to parts of Central and South America, lays eggs in the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, causing ...

Though roughly 700 miles from the Texas border, the New World screwworm poses a significant threat that could impact American ...

Though roughly 700 miles from the Texas border, the New World screwworm poses a significant threat that could impact American ...

The move comes in response to the recent northward spread of the dangerous pest from Central America into southern Mexico.

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

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this morning launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly ...