With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...

The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced an aggressive initiative to combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). NWS is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) ...

A Department Health and Human Services spokesperson declined to verify the authenticity of the document, which was obtained by ABC News.

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...

The USDA has announced a new sterile fly breeding site in southern Texas to protect American cattle from the deadly New World screwworm maggots near the Mexico border.

Work started Friday afternoon on the second special session at the Texas State Capitol. But when the roll call took place in ...

Texas Gov. Abbott and Secretary Rollins announce a $750 million facility in Edinburg to counter New World screwworm threat.

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight back against threats posed by the New World screwworm.” ...

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the big losses in the cattle market on Thursday were tied to concerns ahead of USDA's New World screwworm (NWS) announcement. Grains are bouncing on value ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today at the Texas State Capitol alongside Governor Greg Abbott and ...

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, also now will serve as the first line of defense against screwworm.