Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health, the USA TODAY ...

A specific breed of flies could be the livestock industry's best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the ...

These are the largest cuts since the food stamp program began in 1939, impacting millions of people who currently receive ...

Experts will discuss surveillance, response and the latest news about the New World screwworm during a workshop on July 23 in Uvalde.

America has stopped taking animals from northern Mexico. This is because of the New World Screwworm fly. This fly is harmful to animals. It lays eggs in their wounds. The US wants to prevent the fly ...

Adult New World screwworm flies resemble the common blowfly but have multiple distinguishing features.

Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

The Santa Teresa livestock crossing was set to open up July 21st after months of closure due to the New World Screwworm, a flesh eating parasite found in Mexico. But after a new case was found in the ...

The new world screw worm attacks animals by burrowing into wounds and feeding on live tissue. Now, with a confirmed case just ...

In a move to secure U.S. producers from the New World Screwworm, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, announced ...