Texas Screwworm Threat Rises

Texas Screwworm Threat Rises

Author: The Daily News Now! June 8, 2026 Duration: 1:33
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Texas is sounding the alarm as the New World screwworm—a flesh-eating fly larvae pest—makes a deadly comeback, with four confirmed cases now threatening livestock and pets across hundreds of miles. Once eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, this invasive fly reemerged after being contained in Panama, and its recent spread from Mexico has officials scrambling. The USDA is deploying a high-tech countermeasure: releasing sterile male flies to disrupt reproduction, while building a new fly factory right in Texas. With the Secretary of Agriculture set to get briefed, ranchers and pet owners are bracing for a potential outbreak that could devastate the cattle industry.

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