A threat to American livestock – the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly, which has been considered eradicated from the country ...

"Maggots cause extensive damage by tearing at the hosts’ tissue with sharp mouth hooks," according to the APHIS website ... infested with NWS," says the CDC. "Wounds as small as a tick bite ...

The U.S. is putting a temporary stop on livestock imports through southern border ports of entry to try and eradicate the spread of the deadly parasitic new world screwworm.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also notes, "If you have an NWS infestation ... including ...

Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study that also discovered a novel ...

But later cuts and layoffs at the CDC, FDA and the NIH, as well as at the USDA, including at APHIS, have all affected data sharing between states and the federal government as well as uniformity ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also notes ... by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) port Veterinary Medical Officers. The parasite has been moving ...

Effective immediately, the USDA said, the agency’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs ... for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said NWS was eradicated in the ...

Since 2022, APHIS has detected H5N1 in more than 200 mammals ... in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the CDC, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the ...

Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans ...