The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further ...

The New World screwworm fly's larvae feed on live flesh, threatening livestock health and causing economic losses. US and ...

The United States Department of Agriculture has suspended livestock trade at southern border ports after a new screwworm case in Veracruz, Mexico, emerged Wednesday. According to a press release from ...

The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.

The first US/Mexico border fence was erected in 1911 to control cattle and prevent the spread of tick fever from Mexico into the US . Political concerns also contributed to border fences. As Mexico ...

The USDA hopes a new fly factory will be operating in southern Mexico by July 2026 to supplement fly breeding at an existing ...

In April, U.S. border agents apprehended 8,383 people along the U.S.-Mexico border, down from 129,000 apprehensions in April 2024, and far below the record of nearly 250,000 apprehensions in ...

Volunteer Karen Parker lights a cigarette next to the border wall separating Mexico and the United States where a year ago she would offer medical aid to large groups of migrants who had crossed ...