By Alix Martichoux
Louisiana First News
A devastating parasite that burrows into the flesh of its hosts is inching dangerously close to the United States, the Texas Department of Agriculture warns. The New World screwworm has been found just 62 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nuevo León.
“This is now the northernmost active case in Mexico, and that puts Texas squarely in the crosshairs,” said Sid Miller, commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture.