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Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official

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Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official

The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country’s only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Tuesday. Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that eats its hosts alive, has moved northward through Central America and southern […]

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Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the Maryland Department of Health said on Monday. U.S. cattle futures tumbled on concerns the pest will also strike livestock as

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