Inside the Mexico facility fighting screwworms
- Posted on June 29, 2026
- By CNN
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Inside the Mexico facility fighting screwworms
CNN’s Valeria León toured a facility in Chiapas, Mexico, that’s sterilizing flies in hopes of eradicating the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite posing a major threat to the country’s cattle industry. It’s also been detected in Texas, raising fears the US food supply will be impacted.
