Moderate US House Dem group questions USDA’s Rollins over screwworm response • Oklahoma Voice

Moderate US House Dem group questions USDA’s Rollins over screwworm response • Oklahoma Voice

Close-up of three New World screwworm larvae. (Photo by Sohath Yuseff-Vanegas, USDA Agricultural Research Service) WASHINGTON — Members of the New Democrat Coalition asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday to provide fresh details about the nation’s screwworm outbreak and demanded that the Trump administration allocate more resources to containing the spread. Reps. Sharice Davids of Kansas, Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico and Jim Costa o…

Lawmakers seek coordinated New World screwworm response

Senators request USDA, HHS provide a detailed accounting of current and planned sterile fly production and dispersal capacity.