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The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf.

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The U.S. eradicated the parasitic insect in the 1960s, but it's recently been reported near the southern border.

USDA announced the suspected case on Wednesday, one day after Secretary Brooke Rollins said the parasitic fly was 25 miles ...