JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Horse smuggling raises new concerns over U.S. screwworm threat
The New World screwworm was eradicated from the United States decades ago, but it has recently returned to the region, reports say
NYTIMES (James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas) - Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico
For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - America’s Most Rat-Infested City Now Battles Medieval Disease
ABCNEWS - One of the Army's largest bases closes a dining facility after roach infestation
A video circulating on X appeared to show dozens of roaches crawling across the walls of a dining facility at Fort Hood.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - USDA Lets Loose 400 Million Lab-Bred Flies to Counteract Flesh-Eating Screwworms.
The USDA is deploying hundreds of millions of flies bred in a factory to prevent the reestablishment of the New World screwworm in the U.S., a parasite capable of devastating livestock and wildlife, and occasionally infecting humans.
The USDA is deploying hundreds of millions of flies bred in a factory to prevent the reestablishment of the New World screwworm in the U.S., a parasite capable of devastating livestock and wildlife , and occasionally infecting humans. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) has released nearly 400 million sterile flies over Texas and northern Mexico to combat the spread of the New World screwworm , a flesh-eating parasite that threatens livestock, wildlife, pets, and occasionally humans. This effort aims to prevent the parasite from becoming reestablished in the United States after confirmed cases were reported in Texas and New Mexico last month. DETAIL: The campaign relies on breeding sterile insects en…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Damita Menezes) - USDA's sterile fly strategy for screwworm outbreak is failing: TX ag chief
"It's a definition of insanity," Miller told NewsNation on Friday. "We're doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. It's just not happening."
NEWSNATIONNOW (Sybille de La Hamaide) - UN launches project to help contain screwworm using flies
The pest has re-emerged in Central America and Mexico and was confirmed in the U.S. this month, the first occurrence there in more than 40 years, raising risks for livestock, wildlife and pets and sending beef prices to near record highs.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Texas flooding could help screwworm spread
The flesh-eating parasite has already triggered quarantines and emergency fly releases this year.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Screwworm cases rise to 12 as Texas expands livestock quarantines
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed at least 12 cases of the New World screwworm, including one case in a pet dog in New Mexico. NewsNation's Xavier Walton has the latest details.
DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - Flesh-Eating Parasite Spreads Through Texas As Officials Fight Infestation
Aside from Texas, one case has also been reported in New Mexico