Texas has announced it would begin rolling out a new strategy to prevent the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite carried by flies, from infiltrating farms near the southern border.
The New World screwworm is a type of fly that carries larvae, also known as maggots, that eat the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. The fly is typically found in the Caribbean and South America, but in 2023, cases in Panama exploded.
