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Brooke Rollins addresses New World screwworm infestations in Texas

Health Jun 12

Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas

By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

Nation Jun 08

NewsWrap
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News Wrap: 3 more screwworm cases found in Texas and New Mexico

In our news wrap Monday, authorities reported three more cases of New World screwworm in the U.S., a federal judge struck down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, a stabbing at New York City’s Penn Station left six people injured, a…

Health Jun 08

U.S. President Trump delivers remarks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls
WATCH: Rollins holds update as USDA confirms more screwworm cases, including 1 outside Texas

Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed hundreds of miles apart in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that could potentially devastate the nation's cattle industry.

By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

Nation Jun 05

FILE PHOTO: New World screwworm found in a calf in Texas
What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its U.S. reappearance

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas.

By John Hanna, Russ Bynum, Associated Press

Health Aug 30

FILE PHOTO: Mexican government and livestock farmers struggle to control the outbreak of the screwworm
What to know about flesh-eating screwworms (and why you don't need to panic)

Doctors found a flesh-eating worm in a Maryland resident but it's not the time to panic. The screwworms hitched a ride to the U.S. from El Salvador and overall risk to public health is low.

By Grace Abels, PolitiFact

Aug 25

Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

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Oct 21

7 reasons flesh-eating screwworms are as gross as you think

By Nsikan Akpan, Courtney Norris

As Florida's outbreak of flesh-eating screwworms continues to expand, here are 7 things you didn’t know about the parasites.

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Oct 13

Flesh-eating screwworms return to U.S.

By Courtney Norris

As if Zika virus and Hurricane Matthew aren’t enough, Florida residents are now facing the country’s first local infestation of flesh-eating screwworms in 30 years.

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