Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to create a vaccine for New World screwworms on Wednesday after the parasite infestation returned to the US for the first time in 60 years.  Grassley said he’d spoken to Rollins about developing a vaccine for screwworms months before the recent outbreak in Texas. …

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to create a vaccine for New World screwworms on Wednesday after the parasite infestation returned to the US for the first time in 60 years.  Grassley said he’d spoken to Rollins about developing a vaccine for screwworms months before the recent outbreak in Texas. …

A sixth case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Texas calf.  It’s the second calf in La Salle County, Texas, to become infested with the parasite that threatens wildstock with larvae that burrows deep into the tissue of its inhabitant, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Officials in the Lone Star…

A sixth case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Texas calf.  It’s the second calf in La Salle County, Texas, to become infested with the parasite that threatens wildstock with larvae that burrows deep into the tissue of its inhabitant, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Officials in the Lone Star…

Concerns over the spread of the New World screwworm are growing after multiple new cases were confirmed on Monday, and as state and federal officials ramp up efforts to contain the parasite.

Concerns over the spread of the New World screwworm are growing after multiple new cases were confirmed on Monday, and as state and federal officials ramp up efforts to contain the parasite.