3 ms·
More on the screwworm barrier and how it was established. This is one of my favorite “magazine style” feature stories. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch
by snowwrestler 1y ago
More on the screwworm barrier and how it was established. This is one of my favorite “magazine style” feature stories.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-ea...
- jauntywundrkind 1y agoSalon had a lovely article last week, on how deteriorating relationships between US and Mexico is threatening the effective work the US had been doing of creating and spreading sterile male flies that have successfully stopped the Screwworm invasion. https://www.salon.com/2025/04/28/we-once-rid-the-us-of-this-nasty-parasite-now-it-could-be-coming-back/ https://www.salon.com/2025/04/28/we-once-rid-the-us-of-this-...
- canucker2016 1y agoArs has an article on screwworms - 1 guess as to the writer. see https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/screwworms-are-coming-and-theyre-just-as-horrifying-as-they-sound/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/screwworms-are-coming... The last word of the article has a link to a video with very unsettling imagery involving screwworms.