TEXAS — After decades of being eradicated in the United States, the New World screwworm (NWS) has returned to Texas.
According to a dashboard from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, there are at least 11 active cases in the United States: 10 in Texas and one in New Mexico.
The first case of NWS was confirmed on June 3…