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

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

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

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

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...

As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced ...

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

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

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