The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on June 3 that the New World screwworm, a “serious pest” that affects livestock, pets and wildlife, has made its way to the United States So far, the worm has been confirmed in Texas and New Mexico by the USDA.

For those of us who remember the last New World screwworm outbreak, this pest is more than an agricultural nuisance. It is a nightmare. With confirmed detections of New World screwworm in Texas, that nightmare has returned.

1994: Screwworms are eradicated from Belize and Guatemala. Panama becomes the operational headquarters for the USDA screwworm program, and Panama–United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of the Screwworm (COPEG) is established to manage the sterile fly barrier system in Panama.

The first U.S. case of New World screwworm in decades has dairy producers preparing for a pest that can turn a small wound into a serious animal health threat.

When the US Department of Agriculture reported last week that it detected a case of New World screwworm in a Texas calf, ecologist Jeremy Radachowsky was not surprised. Radachowsky, the Mesoamerica and Western Caribbean director for the Wildlife Conservation Society,

Officials recently detected the flesh-eating New World Screwworm in a calf born in Texas. The once-eradicated parasite could tax a beef industry already experiencing increased prices. Will the discovery impact California farms?

The New World screwworm has now been detected in three Texas counties, including a case in a West Texas dog. Is Florida at risk?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population.

A growing feud between Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is spilling into the state's response to the New World screwworm (NWS) outbreak.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins offered an implausible explanation for the outbreak of a flesh-eating parasite among cattle in Texas. In an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Rollins laid the blame for the screwworm outbreak on the Biden administration,

As the U.S. confronts the return of New World screwworm, researchers at the newly opened Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville are building on the work that helped eradicate the pest decades ago.