(NEXSTAR) – After decades of eradication, the New World screwworm is back in the United States. Cases of the flesh-eating parasite have been confirmed in Texas and New Mexico, and officials fear its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. officials have confirmed the presence of a flesh-eating maggot in the United States that has the potential to devastate ...

A flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm has infected multiple cattle in Texas, alarming public health authorities. Experts stress screwworms rarely infect humans, and the beef supply ...

Democratic lawmakers erupted at the Trump administration and Republican colleagues this week, blaming them for the recent spread of the New World screwworm, causing alarm for the cattle industry. "It ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, center, at the opening of a New World screwworm sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the northward spread of the flesh-eating ...

A flesh-eating parasite that burrows into cattle and other livestock has some California ranchers concerned about a possible outbreak in the state after multiple cases were confirmed in Texas and New ...