Decades of screwworm vigilance have been undone in just two years. You only have to glance at a map to understand why the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended livestock imports from Mexico to Texas to prevent the spread of the ...

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

In parts of Central America, illegal ranching on protected lands has become a front for drug trafficking and money laundering ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins provided an update on the USDA’s ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World ...

AgriLife Extension will host a webinar on New World screwworm on June 9 to provide more information to agricultural producers and the public.

According to A&M AgriLife, the U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended importations of cattle, horses and bison from Mexico ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that USDA is working with Mexico to combat the new world screwworm (NWS), and the suspension on live animal imports from Mexico will continue. In a ...

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz co-introduced a bill to build an American facility that would curb the reproduction of ...

For the second time in under six months, the U.S. is closed to cattle, sheep and bison imports through ports of entry along the southern border. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the ...

The U.S. has once again suspended live animal imports at the southern border as fear of screwworm grows. Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

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 ...