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U.S. Plans to Drop Millions of Flies from the Sky to Prevent Spread of Flesh-Eating 'Man-Eater' Maggots
The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots, which threaten livestock, ...
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US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico
The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in ...
The government plans to drop a horde of flies over Texas border. Here's why.
By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...
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Millions of flies to be dropped on US state after disturbing threat of flesh-eating maggots
The flies will be blasted with radiation before they are released into the skies of Texas and Mexico to combat the screwworm outbreak ...
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US to drop millions of flies over Texas to kill ‘man-eater’ maggots
The USDA expects a new screwworm fly factory to be up and running in southern Mexico by July 2026. It plans to open a fly ...
The US has a plan to breed millions of flies and drop them from planes. Here’s why
Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...
Why is the USDA dropping millions of flies over Texas?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...
Suit alleges maggots infested body during viewing
A Chesapeake family has filed a lawsuit against a well-known funeral home claiming negligence in the way their loved one was presented during a viewing.
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Screwworms and flesh-eating maggots: US blocks cattle imports
New World screwworm flies cause myiasis, an infection of flesh-eating maggots that burrow into the skin of living animals, causing serious and often fatal damage, Reuters reported. The fly is named ...