1+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, August 31, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — White Orchid Hospice, a family-owned hospice care provider under the Cartera Health umbrella, has been ranked #72 on the Houston Business Journal’s 2026 Family-Owned Businesses list, as published in the publication’s August 28, 2026 issue. White Orchid…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (452+ words) The threat of the New World screwworm continues nearly three weeks after the first reported case of the parasitic fly in the United States. Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported three new cases — all in livestock. The two…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (434+ words) Jun 22, 2026 at 10:25 PM EDT U.S. agriculture officials announced a new confirmed case of New World screwworm in Texas on Monday, marking the latest concern in efforts to contain the flesh-eating parasite. The organism, whose larvae feed on the living tissue of…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (920+ words) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1012+ words) State officials and researchers warned Texas lawmakers in May that New World screwworm was advancing toward the state and could carry a billion-dollar economic toll. Less than a month before New World screwworm was confirmed in Texas for the first…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (30+ words) Warning: disturbing video. A Florida man is in critical condition after fighting off a shark in the Panhandle. Cristian Benavides reports. Florida man fights off shark, now in critical condition...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (40+ words) The USDA said around 75 staffers from the federal agency and the Texas Animal Health Commission are leading “an aggressive unified response” to mitigate the threat posed by the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, adding that it wi…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The screwworm…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (350+ words) LA PRYOR, Texas/MEXICO CITY - A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 5, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week. The new…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (807+ words) La Pryor, Texas ― Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a U.S. farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, where a calf was found infested. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on…...