New World
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At a press conference Monday afternoon, federal and Texas officials are putting sterile flies at the center of their effort to control New World Screwworm.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
New World screwworm, a parasite feeding on living tissue, has been confirmed in Texas.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Among the slashed programs were some dedicated to monitoring and containing New World screwworm in Central America.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The plan to prevent a US outbreak of the New World Screwworm focuses on deploying hundreds of millions of genetically-altered sterile flies.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
No one knows exactly how many native people died after Europeans arrived in the New World, but the estimated percentages are staggering—epidemics wiped out as many as 90 percent of some native communities.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
