umbilical

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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

This first case in 60 years was detected in a three-week-old calf, with the larvae found in its umbilical area.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Instead, the father expressed outrage at the hospital for not delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Then one day, three months after I was gone, the signals coming over my mother’s spiritual umbilical cord stopped.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides