Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health, the USA TODAY ...

A specific breed of flies could be the livestock industry's best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the ...

Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

The Santa Teresa livestock crossing was set to open up July 21st after months of closure due to the New World Screwworm, a flesh eating parasite found in Mexico. But after a new case was found in the ...

The U.S. has closed its southern livestock border after detecting a screw-worm case in Mexico, prompting backlash. Mexico’s ...

In a move to secure U.S. producers from the New World Screwworm, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, announced ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the border closure after Mexico reported a case of a flesh-eating parasite ...

Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) spearheaded a recent letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the ...

The USDA previously reopened certain ports, such as Douglas, Arizona, after Mexico's efforts to control the screwworm pest.

President Donald Trump’s threat to boost import taxes by 50% over Brazilian goods could drive up the cost of breakfast in the ...