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Texas has detected a flesh-eating parasite in livestock after 60 years

NPR | By Will Stone,

Ayesha Rascoe

Published June 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM CDT

Texas officials announced they have detected the New World screwworm in livestock, the first evidence of the parasite in that state in decades.

Will Stone

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.