New World
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New World screwworm, a parasite feeding on living tissue, has been confirmed in Texas.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Department of Agriculture confirmed the detection of New World screwworm in the umbilical area of a bovine in Zavala County, Texas, more than 60 miles from the northern Mexico border.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The New World Screwworm is a parasitic fly whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The first case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that typically feeds on livestock, has been detected a calf in Texas—the first U.S. case in six decades.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Wherever Europeans arrived to set up New World colonies—from Canada down to Chile and Peru and across the Caribbean—slavery became key to the conquest of the Americas.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
