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With tighter checks for flesh-eating screwworm, a border crossing reopens

With tighter checks for flesh-eating screwworm, a border crossing reopens
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With the all-clear from U.S. agriculture inspectors, Mexican cattle began moving on Monday through a border crossing in New Mexico that had been closed for nearly two years as both nations work to stop the flesh-eating New World screwworm from spreading. The screwworm — actually a fly larva that...

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