New research shows 350,000 Britons a year are being infected with pet-borne parasite linked with schizophrenia and increased suicide risk Continue reading
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Spraying for West Nile Moves to Manhattan
For only the third time in a decade, the city’s Department of Health will shift its spraying of pesticides into Manhattan. The action is aimed at killing mosquitoes and preventing West Nile virus and the rarer, but deadlier, eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Continue reading
Posted in Pesticides, Public health miscellany
Tagged disease vectors, vector control
Aerial spraying appears to have curbed West Nile-carrying mosquitoes, Dallas council told
The aerial pesticide spraying program over Dallas County appears to have reduced the number of mosquitoes that can carry the West Nile virus, at least according to preliminary findings detailed for the Dallas City Council on Monday. Continue reading
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Tagged disease vectors, vector control
Ah, rats — mild winter has a downside
Rodents squeaked through cold spells, now have city crews chasing their tails Continue reading
The verminators: On the frontline of Mumbai’s battle with 88 million rats
Andrew Buncombe joins Mumbai’s hardy army of 44 pest controllers with the task of exterminating the city’s 88 million rats Continue reading
New Paint Wipes Out Infestation in a Village
It happened just like that. One day Barbara Saavedra’s modest adobe home, deep in southeastern Bolivia, turned white — and miraculously, for the first time ever, bug-free. Continue reading
Florida Keys residents resist release of dengue fever-immune mosquitoes
UK company wants to unleash genetically modified insects in the Keys, but residents fear not enough is known about the insects Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Public health miscellany
Tagged disease vectors, vector control
Malaria free mosquito heralds new era in health
RESEARCHERS at the University of California say they have created a mosquito incapable of transmitting malaria, an advance with the potential to change the lives of hundreds of millions in Africa and other malaria-plagued regions of the world. Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Medicine, Public health miscellany
Tagged disease vectors, vector control
Joe Palca: A Scientist’s 20-Year Quest To Defeat Dengue Fever
A lot of science involves failure, but there are also the brilliant successes, successes that can lead to new inventions, new tools, new drugs — things that can change the world Continue reading
Exotic diseases from warmer climates gain foothold in the U.S.
Diseases once thought to be rare or exotic in the United States are gaining a presence and getting new attention from medical researchers who are probing how immigration, limited access to care and the impacts of climate change are influencing their spread. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Pesticides, Public health miscellany
Tagged climate hysteria, disease vectors
Lyme disease tick study stirs dispute
Maryland families not fully informed of pesticide risks, critics say Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Health, Pesticides
Tagged disease vectors, essential research, insane greens, irrational fears, vector control
Chikungunya virus loves warm New York winters
Well, no, the virus doesn’t really have any such preference but the fear is that the increase in insect vector numbers could make the disease endemic. That would be a failure of vector control, not climate Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Pesticides, Public health miscellany
Tagged disease vectors, vector control
Study finds early signs of malaria drug resistance in Africa
Africa’s deadliest malaria parasite has shown resistance in lab tests to one of the most powerful drugs on the market — a warning of possible resistance to follow in patients, according to scientists. Continue reading
Researchers create mosquitoes that can’t spread dengue
Anthony James is a mosquito’s worst nightmare — a female mosquito’s, to be exact. Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Pesticides, Public health miscellany
Tagged disease vectors, vector control
