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U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

Human screwworm case was Maryland resident who recovered, state health department says

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the Maryland Department of Health said on Monday. Ranchers criticized a lack of transparency about the case.

Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak

USDA criticized by cattle producers for failing to take timely measures to prevent screwworm from entering the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.








An agent passes meat being prepared during a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Glenn Valley Foods meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. June 10, 2025 in a still image from video. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout via Reuters.

ICE walks back limits on raids targeting farms, restaurants and hotels

Farmers fear intensified ICE enforcement will affect workforce

U.S. immigration officials have walked back limits on enforcement targeting farms, restaurants, hotels and food processing plants just days after putting restrictions in place, two former officials familiar with the matter said, an abrupt shift that followed contradictory public statements by President Donald Trump.