WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 03, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the detection of a New World screwworm (NWS) in a bovine in Zavala County, Texas. NWS is a serious pest that affects livestock, pets, wildlife, and less commonly, people and birds. NWS larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of living animals, causing serious damage to livestock and economic losses.
The affected animal is a 3-week-old calf and larvae were identified in its umbilical area. To date, there have been no further detections.
Didn’t this get called out months ago when they refunded the program of dropping sterile flies to stop this spread?
In other words, the fact that they haven’t been seen in the US since 1966 and are appearing today is directly because of trump.
Yep, these dipshits stopped funding a program that has literally kept these things out of the US for more than half a century…wonder how far they will spread before his term is up.
The worms yearn for the Kennedys.
That’s a diff type of worm. :D
That can infect humans.
I wonder if Ivermectin will actually help this time.
Perhaps a COVID vaccine.
I don’t think it’s recommended, yet: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/animal-drugs-new-world-screwworm but there’s a lot of treatments there, I haven’t read all of them in detail.
It is effective against a couple other parasitic worms, so it might be better than nothing.
If we STOP Tracking it it’ll DISAPPEAR!
-Our CURRENT Health Leaders!
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Any reliable sources reporting this?
NPR’s Radiolab recently (March 2026) did an excellent episode on screw-worm control historically: https://radiolab.org/podcast/return-of-the-flesheaters
This happened within an hour or a day of this:
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pushing back on reports that New World screwworm has been found within a mile of the U.S. border.
During a call with reporters this week, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said misinformation surrounding the situation creates unnecessary concern and emphasized the department’s commitment to providing accurate information.”
Screwworm apocalypse and America’s descent into fascism a coincidence? I think not!
Behold your screwworm overlords!
IIRC Trump’s first term cancelled the international policies that were keeping them at bay to begin with.
Bows its head and prays
To the mother of all screwworms
All screwworms!
They are eating the dogs! They are eating the cats! They are eating the pets of the people that live there
$100/lb ground beef here we come
Glad I switched to full synthetic years ago
That synthetic meat market from elite dsngerous looking real nice
A very visceral example of “I would rather be harmed myself than help certain other people.”
They infest humans, too.
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Rfkjr just shifted in his seat
I barely knew worm!
Screwworm? A serious pest?
Yeah, I think he’s President.
Yet another reason to jack up grocery prices for no real good reason besides gouging.
New World Screwworm
What a name. Took me a while to parse that headline.
It’s a tongue twister. Twists like a screw
