Week of Oct 25th – Dengue Fever a Global Public Health Concern
According to the World Health Organization, as many as 400 million new cases of dengue fever are reported every year. To learn more about how to recognize symptoms of dengue fever, preventing dengue fever, and treating dengue fever, read below.
Read MoreWeek of Dec 6th – MRCU Main Suspect of Mass Bee Deaths
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit may be to blame for all of the recent bee deaths in the Cayman Islands. The Department of Environment says they will be discussing the use of chemicals with the MRCU. To discover more, read below.
Read MoreWeek of Dec 6th – 8-Year-Old Hospitalized for EEE in Chatham Co.
The Georgia Department of Public Health has announced that an 8-year-old girl that has been in the hospital for weeks has been diagnosed with EEE. With the summer gone and winter here, EEE has not fully gone away this year. To discover more, read below.
Read MoreThe Ecological Importance of Mosquitoes
Thailand Chikungunya Cases Top 10,000 for 2019
Week of Dec 6th – New Facility to Produce 5 Million Wolbachia Mosquitoes Weekly in Fight Against Dengue
A new facility in Singapore opened Monday, December 2nd in efforts to fight dengue. This came due to the 15,000 cases of dengue this year in Singapore. To discover more about Project Wolbachia read below.
Read MoreWeek of Dec 6th – The Bizarre and Ecologically Importantly Hidden Lives of Mosquitoes
Believe it or not mosquitoes actually do other things than bite and annoy us. Mosquitoes actually serve another purpose in our ecosystem. To discover more on the mosquito read below.
Read MoreMosquito Season is nearly year-round in Southern U.S.
To quote the popular T.V. series Game of Thrones, “Winter is coming!”. And for the Northern half of the U.S. this means that mosquito season is nearing a long-awaited end. While I’m sure the temporary halt of the mosquito’s reign of terror must be quite enjoyable, I happen to live in Southern U.S. where mosquitoes…
Read MoreDengue Fever Plaguing Florida
Dengue fever has had over 600 reported cases in U.S. states so far this year according to the CDC. In most cases, it causes high fever, body pains, vomiting and abnormal bleeding. A small number of people experience more severe symptoms that can lead to life altering ailments or even death. Dengue in Florida This…
Read MoreDengue fever warning issued after eleventh case discovered in Miami/Dade
A Miami-Dade County resident has become the eleventh person to locally acquire dengue fever this year, the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County confirmed Tuesday.
Read MoreWeek of Nov 29th – New Virus Surfaces in Several Grouse, and That is a Worry
EEE has been reported in grouse in Minnesota. This is the first time that the virus has ever been found in an animal in the state. The only other victims in Minnesota were two horses. Read below to discover more.
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