The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they'll kill off a species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds ...

The USDA plans to open fly breeding and distribution centers to stop the spread of the screwworm fly. Sterile male flies will be released to curb wild breeding and reduce the population. The pest can ...

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces a shift in New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal efforts into Texas to stop the northern spread ...

Although the parasite has not yet been detected in the US, officials warn that its northward movement poses a serious risk to livestock and wildlife.

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a ...

New World screwworm has dominated livestock news for much of the past year, and although confirmed cases and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to eradicate this problematic pest have been ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...