Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattle 42 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Oliver O'Connell Reuters Larvae of the screwworm fly collected from infected cows A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the US …

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Hurricane season is expected to be milder than usual this year. But that's not stopping cell phone companies from pulling out all the stops.

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.

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Larvae of the screwworm fly, collected from infected cows, are observed at the COPEG sterile fly production plant in Pacora, Panama, in 2025. Photograph: Enea Lebrun/Reuters View image in fullscreen Larvae of the screwworm fly, collected from infected cows, are observed at the COPEG sterile fly prod…

Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattle 56 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Oliver O'Connell Reuters Larvae of the screwworm fly collected from infected cows A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the US …

Hurricane season is expected to be milder than usual this year. But that's not stopping cell phone companies from pulling out all the stops.

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.

By — John Hanna, Associated Press John Hanna, Associated Press By — Russ Bynum, Associated Press Russ Bynum, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-to-know-about-the-new-world-screwworm-fly-and-its-u-s-reappearance Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn…

US plans to fight flesh-eating screwworm outbreak with flies and dogs 8 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Max Matza Reuters US agriculture and health officials have outlined a plan to combat a flesh-eating parasite that has been detected in the US for the first time since 1966. The plan to prevent a US outbreak of the New World Screwworm focuses on deploying hundreds of millions of genetically-altered sterile flies. Experts, though, say the supply of sterile flies is too low to immediately impact and halt the growing screwworm population. Other measures include establishing a containment zone around the site of the first US infection along the southern US border, and using sniffer dogs to detect the insects. The threat to humans is low, but cattle ranchers fear an outbreak could have a large impact on beef markets. Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people. When the eggs hatch, hundreds of larvae burrow through living flesh with sharp mouths, eventually killing their host if left untreated. On Wednesday, US officials announced that the first case in 60 years was detected in a three-week-old calf, with the larvae found in its umbilical area. The discovery was made in the town of La Pryor, Texas, about 30 miles (48km) from the Mexico border. Officials have set up a 20km-wide "control zone", and are "implementing quarantines, movement controls, and surveillance in this area," according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Screwworm larvae grow into flies which can travel short distances. The primary way that they have travelled long distances is by being brought by humans. There have been a handful of US cases since 1966, when travellers brought the pest back , but no larger outbreaks. Officials in the US and in Latin America have been combating the problem of screwworms for much of the past six decades, with limited success. Getty Images Screwworms grow after hatching from flesh, and can grow to be twice as large as the size of regular houseflies One way to fight back is by releasing hundreds of millions of sterile screwworm flies, as the females only mate once in their lifetime, and any eggs they lay will be unfertilised and will not hatch. This method, known as the Sterile Insect Technique, has been in use for many years to control a variety of insect populations, including fruit flies and mosquitos. It works by hatching flies in an enclosed space, and then exposing them to radiation to make them sterile before releasing them into the wild. However, officials say that they will need to breed up to 600 million sterile screwworms flies each week in order to fight back the outbreak. Currently, facilities in the US and Mexico are only capable of producing about 100 million sterile flies per week. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told reporters on Thursday that since the discovery of the infected calf, officials have released four

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Hurricane season is expected to be milder than usual this year. But that's not stopping cell phone companies from pulling out all the stops.

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.

A Labor MP has declared victory in the debate over the government’s tax reforms, engaging in a bit of meta-commentary at the end of parliament’s sitting fortnight. Julian Hill made the comments on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing on Thursday. Hill said: double quotation mark I believe the government’s w…

Lex Greensill leaves court after a hearing last year. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Lex Greensill leaves court after a hearing last year. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Financier Lex Greensill banned from running UK companies for nine years Founder of Greensill Capital says there was no finding he acted dishonestly after his company collapsed owing £1.6bn The disgraced former financier Lex Greensill has been banned from running a UK company for nine years after he was judged to be unfit because of the 2021 collapse of his £1.6bn supply chain invoicing firm. The government’s Insolvency Service said on Thursday that Greensill had signed a disqualification undertaking, bringing the case to an end before a trial was due to begin on 8 June. He had previously sought to challenge the proceedings against him but a court ruled against his efforts in March. Greensill, a 49-year-old Australian former sugar farmer, had risen rapidly to prominence in the financial world by lending money to companies secured against unpaid invoices. Greensill Capital collapsed into administration in March 2021 with liabilities of more than £1.6bn. The subsequent political and financial scandal dragged in the former prime minister David Cameron, who had worked for the company, and the Japanese investor Masayoshi Son, whose Softbank backed the Greensill group. The Treasury select committee found in July 2021 that Cameron had shown a “significant lack of judgment” in lobbying for Greensill Capital to join a government coronavirus pandemic scheme in 2020, when it was starting to struggle. The Insolvency Service said Greensill breached his legal duty to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence as a company director, causing a loss of $440m to the Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which was later rescued by its rival, UBS . Duncan Beach, the chief executive at the Insolvency Service, said: “Director disqualifications exist to protect the public from those who have demonstrated they are unfit to run companies. A nine-year ban is a significant period – above the average for director disqualifications – and reflects the serious nature of Lex Greensill’s conduct.” The Insolvency Service had sought to disqualify Greensill for as long as 15 years. Greensill’s disqualification related particularly to his company’s lending to Katerra, a US construction company. Funds controlled by Credit Suisse bought the loans, which were backed by insurance. However, Greensill directed his companies to enter transactions that removed legal protections from the loan notes, despite lacking the written consents required by law. Credit Suisse ended up losing its investment. A spokesperson for Lex Greensill said: “After four years of investigation, this matter has concluded with no finding that Mr Greensill acted dishonestly or in bad faith.” Greensill still faces a separate civil action by administrators for Greensill Capital (UK), in which he is named as a defendant. He was a

Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattle 45 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Oliver O'Connell Reuters Larvae of the screwworm fly collected from infected cows A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the US …

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.