As New World screwworm returns to the US, a new dashboard tracks the risk

In the 1950s, the New World screwworm cost U. S. livestock producers tens of millions of dollars a year, reaching $50 million to $100 million annually in the hardest-hit Southwest, before it was eradicated from the United States and pushed south to Panama.

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-08-world-screwworm-dashboard-tracks.html)