Mhmm. Still waiting for lossless……

The case, involving a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador,

“The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low,” [HHS spokesperson Emily G. Hilliard] said.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins traveled to Texas to announce a five-part plan to combat the screwworm on Aug. 15

This includes plans to breed billions of sterile flies and dump them from the air over southern Texas and Mexico in the hope of stopping the parasite’s spread.

A report from the USDA last year estimated an outbreak of screwworm could cost Texas at least $1.8 billion due to livestock deaths, labor costs and medication.