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The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America ...
"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...
Rollins opened an $8.5 million facility in South Texas for releasing sterile New World screwworm flies and introduced a ...
The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary ...
The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...
HHS spokesperson Andrew G. Nixon said the human case reported in the U.S. was related to this outbreak. The case was reported ...
The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...