Illegal cattle ranching in Central America has led to the spread of a deadly parasite long thought to be eradicated, and ...

New World screwworm flies cause disease primarily in animals and livestock, but humans can be infested. NWS was eradicated in the US and Americas; however, Panama, Costa Ria, Nicaragua ...

Every year, the U.S. drops millions of tiny, hungry worms from planes over Central America, but it's not a prank or a bizarre experiment—it’s part of an epic battle against screwworms! These worms are ...

T here is a decades-old international operation to eradicate the New World Screwworm from existence, and you’ve probably ...

So, the worm has now been detected in Panama Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and now Guatemala. That's why the Ministry of Agriculture, BAHA and other stakeholders have wasted no time in establishing ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. A screwworm infestation is gruesome. The female fly lays hundreds of eggs on the exposed flesh of warm-blooded ...

New World screwworm (NWS; Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a fly with a metallic blue or green body and orange eyes that lays hundreds of eggs on wounds or exposed mucous membranes. The eggs hatch into ...

So far this year, authorities have identified at least 13 cases of locally acquired dengue, up from two in 2023, with two in ...

Mr. Fermin Blanco, Country Representative OIRSA "Curing wounds is essential because the blood is the one that attracts the fly. If the fly comes in it cannot find a wound then it cannot survive so the ...

Belize is ramping up its surveillance processes and its efforts to increase public awareness of New World Screwworm (NWS), ...

Agriculture and Fishery applies cost-benefit methodology applied to the eradication programme of the New World Screwworm (in Spanish) ...

Some districts are experimenting with the decades-old sterile insect technique, commonly used for other pests such as fruit ...