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Deadly cattle screwworm parasite found in US patient. What to know

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...

As Texas gears up for a screwworm fight, the first U.S. patient has been identified

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

Human screwworm case reported in the US: Here's what NC residents should know

HHS spokesperson Andrew G. Nixon said the human case reported in the U.S. was related to this outbreak. The case was reported ...

First U.S. case of screwworm detected nearly 50 years after eradicated

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...
The Manila Times on MSN52m

Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm. What to know about the parasite

A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported US case tied ...

How much damage does the flesh-eating screwworm pose to Texas? Curious Texas answers

Federal and state officials are now monitoring an outbreak that has reached 370 miles from the Texas-Mexico border. Crews are ...
Farmer's Weekly3d

Cattle smuggling exacerbates Mexico’s screwworm outbreak

The beef industry in Mexico was dealt a devastating blow when the US closed its border with the country in May 2025 due to a ...
KCEN-TV on MSN3d

Texas on high alert as deadly screwworm parasite detected near the Mexico border

The USDA has closed the border to Mexican cattle imports and announced $750 million in funding for a sterile fly facility to ...