Belize has recorded its first confirmed human case of New World Screwworm (NWS) since its re-emergence in the country in ...

USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...

State health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over.  The New World screwworm, Cochliomyia ...

USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.

Food safety is a top concern driving U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to combat the threat of New World screwworm (NWS), a pest that is ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sounded the alarm, warning of the potential spread of the New World screwworm into the United States.

As a former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and cattle producer, I’ve seen firsthand the devastating effects of animal disease outbreaks. Few threats concern me more than the ...

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $750 million to build the United States’ first ...

Responding to calls by state lawmakers and the agricultural industry for immediate action to be taken to protect cattle and ...

The U.S. is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to build a factory to breed sterile flies to combat a flesh-eating ...