The detection in a six-day-old calf marks the first appearance of the parasite in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The United States kept its border with Mexico closed to cattle for much of 2025 to protect its herds from the New World ...

Texas producers need to remain on alert as NWS continues to move north. The newest detection is in the state of Tamaulipas.

The first case of New World screwworm has been found in a calf in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas.

A case of a flesh-eating parasite, 'new world screwworm,' was reported in the northern Mexican border, only 197 miles from ...

A second case of the New World screwworm was detected in a goat in Mexico's central state, following an earlier case in a cow ...

The fly larvae, which can burrow into living flesh, pose a severe threat to livestock, wildlife, pets, and in rare cases, humans. Once eggs are laid in an open wound, the larvae hatch and feed on ...

Mexican authorities reported a case of the New World screwworm parasite late on Thursday, the second case reported in two ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently returned from ...

By the 1990s they had actually driven the population all the way south of Panama, unfortunately in 2023, the flies escaped ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] In the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy and Scarecrow ...