Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected In Texas, Threatening Already-Strained U.S. Cattle Herd

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected In Texas, Threatening Already-Strained U.S. Cattle Herd Concerns over the New World screwworm (NWS) have been building for the last 12 months as the deadly cattle parasite spread through Mexico and the Trump administration attempted to prevent its spread into the U.S. Those concerns have now turned into red alerts after the USDA confirmed a single case in Texas, marking the first U.S. detection in years. "A case of NWS may have been detected in South...