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screwworms have rampaged back north. In 2022, Panama reported a large increase in cases, followed by countries across Central America. By 2024, they had been reported in Mexico
Screwworm was previously declared eradicated in the US in 1966. Between mid-July and mid-August 2025, Mexico reported a [53 percent rise](/news/2025/8/28/cases-of-flesh-eating-screwworms-increase-53-in-mexico-report) in the number of cases
reported the case is located in Texas, the agency said – but the dog resides at a household in Lea county, New Mexico, which borders Texas. “This situation is evolving, and we expect new information
screwworm in Mexico and Texas when it last appeared. “USDA already owns the playbook; the only question is whether USDA will use it before this situation gets worse.” Past eradication efforts were so successful that