Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration in a preemptive response to the potential spread of the New World ...

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

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In the Texas border city of Edinburg, scientists are getting ready to release millions of invasive, flesh-eating flies into the wild. The post Why Texas scientists are breeding flesh-eating maggots ...

Bee Co. officials are preparing to combat potential screwworm infestations threatening livestock with a potential proactive ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Abbott says he's now working to protect the food supply and your wallet. He's issued a disaster declaration over a flesh-eating fly that could threaten it! It's called the ...

The CDC reports that as of February 10, 2026, these countries have reported more than 152,000 NWS cases in animals and over 1,300 cases in people.

The first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades opened Monday in Texas, part of a larger ...

CHICAGO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will open a facility in Texas by the end of next year that produces sterile flies intended to fight the flesh-eating parasite New World ...

Infected flies are attracted to open wounds, where they burrow and lay eggs.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Colonies of a parasitic fly have been identified just miles from the United States' border, triggering alarms in both southern states and the White House. Numerous cases of New ...