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A terrifying biological threat is creeping up the U.S.-Mexico border: the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that could devastate American livestock. Found for the first time in decades in a goat just 25 miles south of the border, and again in a sheep 31 miles away, this invasive fly is on a dangerous northward march. Once eradicated in the U.S., it’s now returning from South America, laying deadly eggs in open wounds and devouring living tissue. With USDA on high alert and economists warning of a potential $2 billion hit to Texas alone — and soaring beef prices nationwide — this isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s an economic emergency.

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