New world screwworm is a parasitic fly. Unlike most flies that lay eggs on dead tissue, this one lays its eggs in open wounds ...

AUSTIN Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) asks hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts in South Texas to monitor for animals affected by New World Screwworm (NWS) after a recent detection in ...

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces a shift in New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal efforts into Texas to stop the northern spread ...

EXZOLT™ CATTLE-CA1 is the first in its class and the only product conditionally approved for both the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm and treatment and control of cattle fever tick ...

The latest threat to the southern border has wings and lays eggs that hatch into flesh-eating maggots that can kill people. At least five Central Americans have died from myiasis of the New World ...

To stop the spread of a flesh-eating parasite, U.S. officials have halted all imports of live cattle, horses and bison from Mexico. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the import ...

With new label, Dectomax ®-CA1 Injectable is the first and only parasite control product with conditional approval to help control economically devastating pest Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World ...

A Maryland resident was diagnosed with myiasis, a parasitic infestation caused by the flesh-eating New World screwworm (NWS) larvae, as confirmed on Aug. 4 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...