The New World Screwworm is painful, preventable and potentially deadly, states the Wisconsin Department of Trade, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. “Together we can protect Wisconsin’s animals,” ...
Screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into maggots that feed on the ...
June 18 (UPI) --U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and eliminate the New World screwworm, including an $8.5 ...
March 18 (UPI) --A United Nations health agency has called the spread of H5N1 bird flu "unprecedented" and called on world leaders to coordinate a global response. On Monday, the U.N.'s Food and ...
(Beyond Pesticides, October 16, 2025) An important new study links pesticides, antibiotics, and nitrogen fertilizers to the extreme global crisis of antibiotic resistance, raising serious concerns ...
McALLEN, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ramping up efforts to fight the spread of New World screwworm across the southern border by opening a sterile fly dispersal facility in South ...
A comprehensive global analysis reveals how non-native mosquito vectors are hitchhiking across continents via shipping, tourism, and trade, pinpointing the regions where prevention and early detection ...