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Trump Administration Approves Emergency Drugs for Screwworm Threat
8/20/2025
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- The Trump administration has approved emergency use of animal drugs to address the New World screwworm threat to livestock.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stressed the importance of safeguarding the food supply.
- The screwworm, eliminated in the U.S. since 1966, is re-emerging near the Mexican border.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins noted the pest's implications for national security and ranchers' livelihoods.
