With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...

The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced an aggressive initiative to combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). NWS is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) ...

A Department Health and Human Services spokesperson declined to verify the authenticity of the document, which was obtained by ABC News.

With concerns about New World Screwworm increasing, the US Department of Agriculture says it is taking several steps to halt ...

As President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the Dow Jones was making ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...

The USDA has announced a new sterile fly breeding site in southern Texas to protect American cattle from the deadly New World ...

Work started Friday afternoon on the second special session at the Texas State Capitol. But when the roll call took place in ...

Stopping Screwworms - Governor Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announce new plans to stop the spread ...

Lina de Florias fills in and covers the top afternoon reports from Houston and beyond for Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.