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Preston Maness ☭<a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/15/texas-screwworm-usda-brooke-rollins/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/15/texas-screwworm-usda-brooke-rollins/</a>>Construction of the production facility announced today is expected to take at least a year. Until it gets up and running, the USDA will spend up to $100 million on technology to accelerate the U.S. response, such as novel traps and modular sterile fly units. > >Russell Boening, president of the Texas Farm Bureau, praised Rollins and the Trump administration on the new production facility. > >“This threat is real and urgent, and we cannot afford delays,” Boening said in a statement. “Immediate construction and deployment of this facility are essential to prevent irreversible harm to the agricultural economy and our nation’s food system.”It'd sure be nice to keep that kind of energy for *human* disease too, you know.<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ScrewWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScrewWorm</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AnimalAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnimalAgriculture</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/cows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cows</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cattle</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Ranching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ranching</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/beef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beef</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#covid19</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#epidemiology</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/h5n1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#h5n1</a>

Houston Public MediaTexas lawmakers are lobbying for millions of dollars to fight the New World Screwworm.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/08/04/527838/officials-scramble-to-stop-flesh-eating-pest-advancing-toward-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/08/04/527838/officials-scramble-to-stop-flesh-eating-pest-advancing-toward-texas/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Animals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewWorldScrewworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewWorldScrewworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screwworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScrewwormInMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScrewwormInMexico</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TopStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TopStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tpr</a>

Arthur Zork 👾 (They/Them)You thought <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COVID19</a> was bad? Wait till you meet the burrowing flesh eating parasitic flies that make many animals (including people) look like the Walking Dead as their freshly hatched magots eat them alive. It's called New World <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screwworm</a> ( <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NWS</a> ) & it was eliminated from most of Central America + the US decades ago but it's making a comeback thanks to human caused global warming. There is no cure nor vaccine, burrowed magots often need surgically removed.

The Globe & AtlasUS government is preparing to release millions of sterile flies into the atmosphere to help prevent the spread of the New World <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a>, a parasite that threatens <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livestock</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a>, and potentially humans<a href="https://theglobeandatlas.com/us-plans-aerial-release-of-sterile-flies-to-combat-flesh-eating-screwworm-threat/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theglobeandatlas.com/us-plans-aerial-release-of-sterile-flies-to-combat-flesh-eating-screwworm-threat/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</a>

Alex WildThe historical range of the flesh-eating screwworm in the United States, before eradication. I'd expect climate change to push the boundaries somewhat north from what's indicated here, should screwworm successfully reestablish. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screwworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entomology</a>

US<a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/23758/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/us/23758/</a> Texas agencies gang up to combat invasive screwworm <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewWorldScrewworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewWorldScrewworm</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nws</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parasites</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ParksAndWildlifeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParksAndWildlifeDepartment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SanAntonio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SanAntonio</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SanAntonio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SanAntonio</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TX</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesofAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a>

Houston Public MediaGov. Greg Abbott wants Texas to get serious about an invasive, parasitic fly that poses a serious threat to the state’s livestock and wildlife.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/26/524979/gov-greg-abbott-orders-preemptive-strike-on-screwworm-in-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/26/524979/gov-greg-abbott-orders-preemptive-strike-on-screwworm-in-texas/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Animals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CattleBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CattleBusiness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CattleIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CattleIndustry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screwworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasCattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasCattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasGovernorGregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasGovernorGregAbbott</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasParksAndWildlifeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasParksAndWildlifeDepartment</a>

michael11-Jun-2025 Study finds ethical justification to eradicate certain harmful species<a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087125" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087125</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bioethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bioethics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/malaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malaria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anopheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anopheles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publicHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extinction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a>

G KearneyClimate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback <a href="https://c.im/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farming</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bleach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bleach</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartoon</a>

Norbert_R 🐘:mastodon:🦣<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SGU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse</a> The Skeptics Guide #1039 - Jun 7 2025Interview with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmilySchoerning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmilySchoerning</a>; Quickie with Bob: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prepping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prepping</a> for Q-Day; News Items: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seed_Oils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seed_Oils</a>, Lead into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gold</a>, American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lysenkoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lysenkoism</a>, The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screwworm</a> is Coming, Galactic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collision</a>; Who's That <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Noisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Noisy</a>; Your Questions and E-mails: Dream Learning; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> or FictionWebseite der Episode: <a href="https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu</a>Mediendatei: <a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2025-06-07.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2025-06-07.mp3</a>

AI6YR BenTPWD Encourages Monitoring, Reporting of Animals Affected by New World Screwworm"AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) asks hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts in South Texas to monitor for animals affected by New World Screwworm (NWS) after a recent detection in Mexico... the maggots burrow or screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks. Wounds can become larger, and an infestation can often cause serious, deadly damage or death to the infected animal....NWS primarily infests livestock but can also affect humans and wildlife including deer and birds."<a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20241230b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20241230b</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/maggots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maggots</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a>

Houston Public MediaDespite being eradicated from North America in the 1960s, the screwworm — an invasive fly whose parasitic larvae burrow into living animal's flesh — has been identified in Mexico. Officials want people in South Texas to be vigilant.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/02/509595/screwworms-texas-flesh-eating-parasite-mexico-detection/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/02/509595/screwworms-texas-flesh-eating-parasite-mexico-detection/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnergyEnvironment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Local</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewWorldScrewworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewWorldScrewworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Screwworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScrewwormInMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScrewwormInMexico</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasParksAndWildlifeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasParksAndWildlifeDepartment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Usda</a>

Punk Metal n Bowie<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a> case triggers US emergency responsethe New World screwworm fly (NWS), is a species of parasitic fly whose tissue-eating larvae can infest any living mammal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parasites</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diseases</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a><a href="https://www.avma.org/news/mexico-screwworm-case-triggers-us-emergency-response" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.avma.org/news/mexico-screwworm-case-triggers-us-emergency-response</a>

readbeanicecreamA Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/a-parasite-that-eats-cattle-alive-is-creeping-north-toward-the-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/a-parasite-that-eats-cattle-alive-is-creeping-north-toward-the-us/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasitology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parasitology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parasites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ranching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ranching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bovine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bovine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cattlesmuggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cattlesmuggling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unitedstates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mexico</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a>

Giuseppe Michieli<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CostaRica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CostaRica</a> registra cinco <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/enfermos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enfermos</a> por aparición de Gusano Barrenador {livestock <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/screwworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwworm</a>} <a href="https://boletinaldia.sld.cu/aldia/2024/06/17/costa-rica-registra-cinco-enfermos-por-aparicion-de-gusano-barrenador/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://boletinaldia.sld.cu/aldia/2024/06/17/costa-rica-registra-cinco-enfermos-por-aparicion-de-gusano-barrenador/</a> Los infectados por la <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/enfermedad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enfermedad</a> parasitaria, que desarrolla en las <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/lesiones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesiones</a> del infectado unas 150 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/larvas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#larvas</a> en tres días, proceden de las regiones de Coto Brus, Golfito, Corredores de Puntarenas, en el Pacífico, y de la zona de Los Chiles en Alajuela.

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