NWS is a deadly parasitic infection that can "kill a full-grown cow within one to two weeks," said NPR. When affected, the ...

Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the parasitic fly from spreading to American animals.

USDA and Mexico announce $21 million investment to combat New World screwworm as cattle experts closely watch developments.

Missouri authorities are investigating a fake press release about the damaging livestock pest New World screwworm that ...

An investigation is underway into the false report that New World screwworm was detected in Missouri. Missouri State Attorney ...

A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to combat the New ...

In May, the Secretary of Agriculture suspended live cattle, horses, and bison through U.S. southern border ports of entry due to the rapid northward spread of New World Screwworms in Mexico. Secretary ...

Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer have died after their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala as they freed sterile flies meant to stop the spread ...

This has led to the USDA's suspension of cattle, horse and bison imports from Mexico to the U.S. And without intervention, the New World screwworm (NWS) will propagate further, affecting livestock ...

NCBA’s Woodall says the goal is complete eradication — not just from the U.S., but from Mexico and Central America, ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing ...

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 ...