Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected 25 Miles From US Border in Mexico, USDA Says

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Goats in Tula, Chilapa de Alvarez municipality, Guerrero state, Mexico, on May 19, 2026. Yuri Cortez /AFP via Getty ImagesA flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm was detected in a Mexican goat just 25 miles south of the U.S. border with Texas. The parasite infested a 5-year-old goat in Mexico’s Coahuila state, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters during a call on Tuesday. It marks the closest confirmed detection to the United States during the current outbreak.

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