MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico saw a nearly 32% increase in confirmed cases of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite in September, according to government data, as a concentration of cases moves north.

Mexico saw a nearly 32% increase in confirmed cases of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite in September, according to government data, as a concentration of cases moves north. Mexico recorded 6,703 ...

Mexico's meat industry is pushing back against new government regulations on livestock movement as tensions with the United States heat up over an outbreak of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite.

New Mexico officials and the cattle industry are getting ready as the New World Screwworm is getting closer to the U.S.–Mexico border. After the government eradicated the fly from the United States in ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm, a sign of tension between the two countries as they ...

The northernmost detection of New World screwworm in Mexico was found in Sabinas Hidalgo, just 70 miles from the U.S. border. It is near the major highway from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to Laredo, ...

Mexico’s agriculture ministry confirmed Sunday that an 8-month-old cow in Nuevo León tested positive for New World screwworm. The animal was part of a shipment of 100 cattle from Veracruz, but only ...

'The New World screwworm poses a serious threat to Texas livestock and rural communities," Miller said. "We are taking proactive steps to monitor, detect, and stop this parasite before it harms Texas ...

Mexico experienced a 32% surge in screwworm parasite cases, heightening tensions with the U.S. as the infestation nears the border. With 6,703 confirmed cases, the outbreak affects cattle severely.

The dangerous New World screwworm, once eliminated in the United States, has been detected in northern Mexico, close to the U.S. border.

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall responded Sept. 22, to the announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a new case of new world screwworm has been detected in the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the discovery of a New World Screwworm fly just 70 miles south of the US-Mexico border on Sept 21, 2025. The closest known location of one of these ...