screwworms

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.

Texas lawmakers are lobbying for millions of dollars to fight the New World Screwworm.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a plan to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm this week.

Detections of new world screwworms, a flesh-eating maggot, have grown in recent years in South America. As the federal government works to prevent the pests' spread, Oklahoma officials are rolling out a response.