Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the U.S., the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports ...

A Cincinnati Police officer shot Hinton May 1 as he was fleeing from a stolen vehicle. Police say he was carrying a gun.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World ...

Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the ...

U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann said Congress is working to fund the USDA's sterile insect technique in response to a New World ...

It’s been decades since the New World Screwworm was a problem in the U.S., but the flies are now advancing northward from ...

The U.S. has suspended cattle imports from Mexico after the detection of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite eradicated in the U.S. nearly 60 years ago.

Within a few hours, the eggs hatch into larvae (maggots) and burrow into the wound, eating the living flesh. After about seven days of feeding, the larvae drop to the ground, burrow into the soil ...

The New World screwworm isn't a new species, but the flesh-eating maggots are certainly disturbing. Here's what Tennesseans need to know.