17) Dismantling USAID also led to ending of a program to monitor flesh-eating screwworms in Central America, which are now back on U.S. soil for the first time since 1966.
(The screwworms are typically found in warmer climates, but may now be moving further north due to climate change.)
The insect, which has been found in America for the first time since 1966, is a growing concern in the southern US.
