Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

The Santa Teresa livestock crossing was set to open up July 21st after months of closure due to the New World Screwworm, a flesh eating parasite found in Mexico. But after a new case was found in the ...

In a move to secure U.S. producers from the New World Screwworm, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, announced ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the border closure after Mexico reported a case of a flesh-eating parasite ...

Trump intensifies trade war with threat of 30% tariffs on EU, Mexico President Trump's announcement came after weeks of ...

The U.S. closes its southern border due to New World screwworm fly, a flesh-eating parasite that has decimated cattle ranches ...

Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) spearheaded a recent letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the ...

The USDA previously reopened certain ports, such as Douglas, Arizona, after Mexico's efforts to control the screwworm pest.

The US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The ...

The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther ...