What to know about the New World screwworm
- Posted on June 22, 2026
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What to know about the New World screwworm
Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told residents to brace themselves for an “extraordinarily challenging summer.” A flesh-eating parasite that did hundreds of millions of dollars of damage across the state in the 1960s and ’70s, one that had been considered eradicated from the US for decades, has come back and poses a serious threat to cattle, wildlife and pets.
