FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Generic Over-the-Counter Drug to Treat Screwworm in Dogs and Cats

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3. They release sterile flies

because they can only mate once so if it is with a sterile fly then reproduction is prevented. Lots of well-connected money at stake so the government will spare no expense:

Federal officials say roughly 4 million sterile screwworm flies are already being released each week by air in areas near the U.S.-Mexico border. Following the Texas detection, authorities are accelerating those efforts.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said the agency aims to increase production to 30 million sterile flies per week by the end of the summer. That figure is expected to rise to 100 million flies per week by the end of the year, Rollins added.

https://www.tpr.org/news/2026-06-05/heres-what-officials-are-doing-to-stop-the-spread-of-new-world-screwworm-in-texas