CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially activated a Level 3 emergency response to New World screwworm (NWS) on June 11. Level 3 is the lowest level in CDC's 3-level response structure.
CDC is supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in responding to the recent initial detections of New World Screwworm (NWS) infestations in animals in southern Texas and in one county of New Mexico. USDA has a dashboard showing where animal cases have occurred.
While NWS...
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