Every year, the U.S. drops millions of tiny, hungry worms from planes over Central America, but it's not a prank or a bizarre experiment—it’s part of an epic battle against screwworms! These worms are ...

New World screwworm flies cause disease primarily in animals and livestock, but humans can be infested. NWS was eradicated in the US and Americas; however, Panama, Costa Ria, Nicaragua ...

New World screwworm (NWS; Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a fly with a metallic blue or green body and orange eyes that lays hundreds of eggs on wounds or exposed mucous membranes. The eggs hatch into ...

Belize is ramping up its surveillance processes and its efforts to increase public awareness of New World Screwworm (NWS), ...

Mr. Fermin Blanco, Country Representative OIRSA "Curing wounds is essential because the blood is the one that attracts the fly. If the fly comes in it cannot find a wound then it cannot survive so the ...

Belize is free from the cattle screwworm, and it is not fair that they (wish to) stop our cattle exports to Mexico. He notes that Belize and El Salvador are the only countries that remain free of this ...

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS: Social welfare would account for the largest portion of the NT$3.33 trillion budget, followed by spending on education, tech and culture ...