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Texas confirms 30 additional 'explosive' diarrhea cases within a week
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (531+ words) State health officials have confirmed 30 new "explosive" diarrhea cases in Texas within a week, as concerns continue to grow. The Texas Department of State Health Services told USA TODAY that there are 98 lab-confirmed domestically acquired cases of cyclosporiasis in the…...
Gov. Greg Abbott, Gina Hinojosa respond to growing Texas screwworm cases
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (562+ words) A new confirmed case of New World screwworm was detected in Terrell County, Texas, in a goat, this time. The detection is about 180 miles west of the initial Texas case in Zavala County. That makes a total of 15 cases in…...
US screwworm update as new case confirmed in Texas
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…...
Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
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…...
Weeks before Texas screwworm cases, state lawmakers were warned of devastating consequences
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…...
USDA confirms two more cases of flesh-eating New World screwworm in Texas
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…...
Two more Texas screwworm infections found in animals far apart, USDA says
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…...
USDA confirms second Texas screwworm case as outbreak fears grow
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…...
Authorities lock down Texas area where screwworm found
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…...
USDA confirms second screwworm case in Texas
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (331+ words) La Pryor/Mexico City - A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week. The new case…...