CDC Responds To Multiple Health Threats As Parasite Cases Surge Across U.S.

Following the recent U.S. detections, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a statewide disaster, allowing additional resources to be deployed.

Federal authorities have established quarantine zones, expanded trapping operations near the southern border and dramatically increased the release of sterile male flies to interrupt the insect’s breeding cycle.

The Food and Drug Administration has also issued an Emergency Use Authorization for a generic treatment for pets as part of the containment effort.