USDA confirms additional screwworm cases in Texas and increases containment efforts

The USDA has confirmed three more cases of New World screwworm in Texas, bringing the total to fifteen. Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden says when it comes to containing the pest, the math matters.  “We’ve already got a facility in Panama that’s pumping out 100 million sterile flies to help push this pest back,” he says.  […]

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