New World

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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

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

A calf in southern Texas tested positive for the New World screwworm, the first instance of the deadly fly-borne parasite detected in U.S. livestock since 1966.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

For the New World as a whole, the Indian population decline in the century or two following Columbus’s arrival is estimated to have been as large as 95 percent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond