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USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...
The USDA plan comes alongside a monthslong shutdown of the Mexico-U.S. border for cattle. The shutdown has affected Mexican ...
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of animal drugs to treat and prevent infestations of the New ...
U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement on Tuesday that her Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services to stave off infestations ...
Rollins announces plan to build a facility in Edinburg, Texas, capable of producing 300 million sterile screw worm flies per ...
USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...
Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
The New World Screwworm was eradicated here in the United States nearly 60 years ago. It's now making its way up in Mexico, something that U.S. officials want to prevent before it becomes a bigger ...
With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight ...
Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins held a joint news conference Friday to announce new ...
NWS is a devastating pest, the USDA said. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause ...