Texas Expands Disaster Response After Second Screwworm Case
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A second New World screwworm case has been confirmed in Zavala County, Texas, near the first case, prompting Gov. Abbott to broaden the state disaster declaration and mobilize state and federal resources to accelerate sterile-fly production and distribution as part of an intensified containment effort, with surveillance zones and a planned South Texas facility amid potential economic impacts."
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- First U.S. Screwworm Case Since 1960s Prompts Texas Emergency Response The New York Times
- Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow Reuters
- Greg Abbott warns of ‘challenging summer’ after flesh-eating parasite found in Texas Click2Houston
- Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd NBC News
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