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Virginia Tech receives $171,616 grant to research Zika virus
ABC 13 Lynchburg· 5 days agoVirginia Tech has some big money heading its way to research a potentially deadly mosquito-borne...
Here’s what to look for in mosquito repellents
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs it feeds, it injects saliva into your skin that can cause a reaction — a bump and itching. But the pests can also spread parasites like malaria and...
These animals are mostly likely to 'win' climate change
The Week· 3 hours agoWhile climate change is expected to cause wide-scale extinction, some animals might potentially fare...
Sacramento officials warn of West Nile, Zika viruses during anticipated surge of summer mosquitoes
CBS News· 4 days agoMore mosquitos are making their way into the Sacramento region, and experts warn a summer surge of...
As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north
Houston Today· 3 days agoIt was 15 years ago that Ontario student Justin Wood started feeling sick. A keen soccer player,...
Which ZIP code had the first case of West Nile virus in mosquitoes in Travis County?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoLast year, Florida had homegrown, not travel-related, malaria cases. Other mosquito-borne diseases...
Santa Clara County to eradicate potentially lethal mosquito species
KRON via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(KRON) — The County of Santa Clara will conduct a series of treatments to eradicate aedes aegypti,...
‘Seek care immediately’: Four dead in outbreak of waterborne disease following Brazil floods
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoMore than 50 cases of the waterborne leptospirosis disease have been confirmed in the wake of...
Neglected tropical diseases threaten to become the next pandemic. We must prepare for them now
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAnd increasingly, these diseases threaten Americans within the continental United States. Dengue,...
Concerning report highlights health risks associated with 'explosive growth' of industry: 'This can...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 7 days ago"We need to have government policies that ensure that chemicals that are being used and produced in...