Mosquito
'Sweaty,’ Mosquito-Luring Billboards Have Popped Up in Brazil
Two advertising agencies have released designs for a mosquito-trap billboard to help fight the Zika epidemic.
How Canadian Scientists Plan to Fight Zika With Old Tires and Milk
A low cost, environmentally friendly trap will help curb the spread of mosquitoes.
Pope Francis’s Mexico Visit Could Help Fuel Zika Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already issued a level 2 travel advisory for Mexico, warning visitors to the region to take precautions while urging women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant to stay away.
The Zika Virus Is Spreading Through the Americas Very Quickly
The World Health Organization says that the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked to abnormal births in Brazil, will likely spread to all countries in the continent except Canada and Chile. The US has yet to report a homegrown case of Zika.
Virus Suspected of Shrinking the Heads of Brazilian Babies Arrives in Puerto Rico
After prompting Brazilian officials to worry that it was causing babies to be born with abnormally small heads and brains, the Zika virus has turned up in Puerto Rico. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory.
Mexico Becomes the First Country to Greenlight a Vaccine for Dengue Fever
The mosquito-borne virus infects an estimated 400 million people a year concentrated in Asia, Africa and Latin America, with around 12,500 cases ending in the death of the patient.
The Dangerous Lives of Colombian Mangrove Clam Collectors
Because of the agility required, many of the collectors are children.
Australia Is Facing an Intense Mosquito Season
Erratic weather patterns in Australia have caused a boom in mosquito populations, and that means a rise in bloodsucker-borne diseases.
I Asked an Expert Which Gross Diseases I Should Panic About
"One of the scariest threats to me is pandemic flu."
Painful Chikungunya Outbreak Reaches French Polynesia
The excruciating mosquito-borne virus has reached now the French archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. And its spreading like wildfire.