{
  "id": 607419,
  "title": "As New World screwworm returns to the US, a new dashboard tracks the risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/as-new-world-screwworm-returns-to-the-us-a-new-dashboard-tracks-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T21:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-world-screwworm-dashboard-tracks.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the 1950s, the New World screwworm cost U.S. livestock producers tens of millions of dollars a year, reaching $50 million to $100 million annually in the hardest-hit Southwest, before it was eradicated from the United States and pushed south to Panama. Now the flesh-eating pest has spread north again, reaching Texas and New Mexico and threatening livestock, wildlife and even people.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}