Rollins knocks down Grassley’s suggestion of vaccine for screwworms

Rollins knocks down Grassley’s suggestion of vaccine for screwworms

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to create a vaccine for New World screwworms on Wednesday after the parasite infestation returned to the US for the first time in 60 years.  Grassley said he’d spoken to Rollins about developing a vaccine for screwworms months before the recent outbreak in Texas. …

Grassley urges vaccine for screwworms; Rollins rejects idea, report says

Sen. Chuck Grassley urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to develop a vaccine after New World screwworms returned to the U.S. for the first time in 60 years. The original report said Rollins knocked down the suggestion.