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) ...

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

With concerns about New World Screwworm increasing, the US Department of Agriculture says it is taking several steps to halt ...

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 ...

Stopping Screwworms - Governor Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announce new plans to stop the spread ...

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

Dolores Huerta Interview with Jala Washington. More than 1,200 districts and more than 9,000 campuses received “A-F ...

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.

Read more <a href=" On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the U.S. Agriculture Secretary met on Friday to announce steps to battle an invasive species that ...

During Friday's press conference, Gov. Abbott and Sec. Rollins announced a $750 million investment to combat the New World screwworm threat in the state.

Governor Greg Abbott and U.S Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins reveal plans to fight back against threats posed by the New World screwworm.