Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday to develop a vaccine for New World screwworms after the parasite returned to the United States for the first time in 60 years, Grassley said.
Grassley told Rollins the vaccine idea months before the recent outbreak in Texas, the senator said.
Rollins knocked down the suggestion, according to the original report.
The article said the parasite infestation reappeared in Texas and that Grassley raised the vaccine proposal in response. Grassley’s comments and the account of Rollins’ reaction were detailed in the original report.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
