All posts tagged "Mosquitoes"
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952Health NewsSwatting Some Types Of Mosquitoes Can Keep Them Away
People can train mosquitoes to stay away from their skins by constantly swatting them away, a recent study said. This is the...
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1.1KHealth NewsTech Company To Release 20 Million Mosquitoes In Fresno
Alphabet Inc.’s Verily Life Sciences unit, one of the biggest tech companies around, is set to release around 20 million bacteria-filled mosquitoes...
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2.0KHealth NewsU.S. Pushes For Insecticide Spraying In Puerto Rico As Zika Cases Rise
An alarming 50 of pregnant women in Puerto Rico are becoming infected with the dreaded Zika virus daily, US Health authorities announced...
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1.5KHealth NewsWest Nile Virus Confirmed In Pennsylvania And Vermont Victims
The first case of a person possibly infected with West Nile Virus (WNV) in Pennsylvania has been detected in an Indiana County...
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1.6KHealth NewsInsecticides Used To Kill Zika Mosquitoe Larvae
In the wake of the Zika virus outbreak, killing mosquitoes that bear and spread the disease has become a priority across the...
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1.6KNewsNew Malaria Vaccine Proves 55% Effective
Researchers say that an experimental malaria vaccine seems to prevent the disease in half the people who have tried it for up...
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2.4KScience NewsGenetically Engineered Mosquitoes Offer Alternative To DDT Use In Zika Virus Outbreak
Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, was created in 1874 and eventually became a widely used synthetic insecticide after the discovery of its application for killing...
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2.5KScience NewsCalifornia Scientists Genetically Engineer Malaria Ending Mosquitoes
Using the revolutionary and increasingly popular gene editing technique CRISPR-Cas9, scientists with the University of California have genetically engineered a strain of...
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1.9KEnvironmental NewsArctic Mosquito Threat To Caribou Rising With The Temperature
Arctic mosquitoes are thriving as a result of warming temperatures and not only are they growing faster and emerging sooner, they’re placing...
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1.7KScience NewsNew Research Shows Mosquitoes Track Their Food By Smell
Mosquitoes use their powerful sense of smell to track down their prey, according to a new study. According to The National Monitor,...
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1.5KHealth NewsUA Professors Win $150K Using Math To Combat The Chikungunya Virus
A couple of professors at the University of Arizona have managed to walk away with a $150,000 grand prize after beating 38...
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1.7KHealth NewsWest Nile Virus: Montana’s First Case Of The Year
Montana public health officials have reported the first case of West Nile Virus of the year in Rosebud County. NBC Montana reported...
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1.9KScience NewsMosquito Sex-Determining Gene Discovered By Virginia Tech Researchers
In a development which could lead to a drastic reduction in the population of dengue and yellow fever carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes,...
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1.9KHealth NewsChikungunya Virus Shows Similar Symptoms To Rheumatoid Arthritis, May Cause Misdiagnosis
A new study has found that Chikungunya virus and rheumatoid arthritis present similar symptoms and even test results, emphasizing the importance of...
