Texas A&M AgriLife to aim eBeam at New World screwworm fight
Texas A&M AgriLife and the Office of Radiological Security, ORS, a part of the National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, is teaming up on a nationwide effort to fight New World…
What is the New World screwworm, and why is the US building a ‘fly factory’ to fight it?
NCS — Hundreds of hundreds of thousands of flies dropping from planes in the sky would possibly sound like a horrible nightmare, however consultants say such a swarm may very…
Flesh-eating screwworm diagnosed in person in the US
The CDC and HHS verify the first travel-related human case of flesh-eating screwworms linked to an outbreak spreading amid Central and South America and the Caribbean. NCS’s Jacqueline Howard explains…
New World screwworm: rare human case identified in United States after travel from El Salvador
Facebook Tweet Email Link A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a affected person who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the US…