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Texas on front lines of screwworm fight

Chron on MSN · 18h

Texas on front lines of screwworm fight as flesh-eating parasite hits U.S

As Texas ramps up efforts to stop the spread of a flesh-eating parasite, health officials confirmed Monday the first U.S. case of the New World screwworm (NWS) in a human. The case involved a patient returning from travel in El Salvador,

CNN International on MSN · 20h

Rare human case of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm identified in US

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the US Department of Health and Human Services said.

Houston Chronicle · 15h

As Texas gears up for a screwworm fight, the first U.S. patient has been identified

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly facility to slow the screwworm spread.

1st US human case of screwworm confirmed

What to know about screwworm after human case confirmed in U.S.

The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

CBS News on MSN · 23h

First human screwworm case linked to travel confirmed in U.S., HHS says

"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 21h

HHS confirms first travel-related human case of New World screwworm in US

The first travel-related human case of a flesh-eating parasite was detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday. A Maryland resident contracted the New World screwworm after returning home from El Salvador,

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Everything you need to know about New World screwworm

Rollins opened an $8.5 million facility in South Texas for releasing sterile New World screwworm flies and introduced a ...

American Hunter1d

Texas Launches Another Screwworm Defense Tool

The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced this month it has developed a state-of-the-art attractant to track New ...

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U.S. to build $750 million Texas plant to stop New World screwworm

With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...

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