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The public health agency has activated a Level 3 emergency response — the agency’s lowest-level tier — and is assembling a team of career scientists who will closely monitor the outbreak and coordinate with local health departments, Bloomberg reports. Meanwhile, CIDRAP reports that the FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for a generic drug to treat dogs and cats infected with screwworm.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told senators this week that the current New World screwworm outbreak did not catch the USDA off guard, is under control, and does not pose a threat to the country’s food supply, Bloomberg reports. “We have successfully eradicated New World screwworm before, and I am confident we can do so again,” said Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), chair of the agriculture panel.