Posted 9:10 AM 6/6/2026 by Stephen Simpson and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm in Zavala County on Friday, just hours after Gov. Greg Abbott expanded a statewide disaster declaration in response to the (More)

Posted 10:46 AM 6/5/2026 by Stephen Simpson and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday expanded a statewide disaster declaration in response to the New World screwworm’s arrival in Texas.

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Posted 10:43 AM 6/4/2026 by Stephen Simpson and Berenice Garcia

An infestation of the flesh-eating flies has been confirmed in South Texas, setting off alarm bells for the state’s cattle industry.

A sample from a 3-week-old calf from La Pryor in Zavala (More)

Posted 10:23 PM 6/3/2026 by Berenice Garcia

McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the state’s $15 billion cattle industry — in South Texas.

The USDA tested a sample from La Pryor in Zavala (More)

Posted 3:49 PM 6/2/2026 by Alejandra Martinez, Shelby Tauber, Apurva Mahajan and Alex Ford, The Texas Tribune

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

HOOD COUNTY — Brian Crawford points to the top of a hill northwest of his family’s home garden, just past their gently sloping yard dotted with live oaks beginning to flower.

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Posted 3:27 PM 6/2/2026 by Terri Langford

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients later this year and keep a list of “potential” gender affirming care patients, according to new details released Monday by the Texas Attorney General’s Office. 

Posted 2:59 PM 5/30/2026 by The New York Times, The Texas Tribune