The Screwworm Problem Will Get Worse Before It Can Get Better

Source: The Atlantic

Author: Sarah Zhang

Ranchers are waiting for hundreds of millions of sterile flies to be produced, or for a technological breakthrough.

This time a year ago, experts were already predicting the return of flesh-eating screwworms to the United States: a matter of not if but when, Wayne Cockrell, a Texas rancher, lamented to me at the t… [+7178 chars]