Author: Sarah Spencer

News Briefs 12.28.18

2019 MVCAC Annual Conference; PacVec Second Annual Meeting; HR resources for districts to use and to upload information into; NPDES Coalition Report Filed with SWB; Submit your district for the…

News Briefs 12.21.18

Thank You for Supporting Members Impacted by CA Wildfires; PacVec Second Annual Meeting; HR resources for districts to use and to upload information into; NPDES Coalition Report Filed with SWB;…

News Briefs 12.14.18

Support for MVCAC Members Impacted by CA Wildfires; PacVec Second Annual Meeting; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019; HR resources for districts to use and to upload information…

Florida had 93 cases of Zika in this year

From the Tampa Bay Times December 11, 2018 As the end of the year approaches, Florida has reported 93 cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in 2018, according to numbers…

News Briefs 12.7.18

Support for MVCAC Members Impacted by CA Wildfires; PacVec Second Annual Meeting; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019; HR resources for districts to use and to upload information…

New Zika vaccine effective in preclinical trials

From MedicalXpress December 4, 2018 Researchers at the University of Hawaii medical school have successfully developed a vaccine candidate for the Zika virus, showing that it is effective in protecting…

News Briefs 11.30.18

Support for MVCAC Members Impacted by CA Wildfires; 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18; PacVec Second Annual Meeting; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019;…

Six antibodies produced to combat Zika virus

From Science Daily November 29, 2018 Researchers have generated six Zika virus antibodies that could be used to test for and possibly treat a mosquito-borne disease that has infected more…

Google’s Parent Has a Plan to Eliminate Mosquitoes Worldwide

From Bloomberg November 28, 2018 Silicon Valley researchers are attacking flying bloodsuckers in California’s Fresno County. It’s the first salvo in an unlikely war for Google parent Alphabet Inc.: eradicating mosquito-borne…

News Briefs 11.21.18

Support for MVCAC Members Impacted by CA Wildfires; 2019 MVCAC Annual Conference; 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019;…

News Briefs 11.16.18

Support for MVCAC Members Impacted by CA Wildfires; 2019 MVCAC Annual Conference; 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019;…

Monkeys can carry zika virus, scientists discover

From Health 24 November 15, 2018 Wild monkeys in South America carry the Zika virus, which can then be transmitted to people via mosquitoes, researchers report. The scientists said the finding…

Zika may hijack mother-fetus immunity route

From MedicalXpress November 14, 2018 To cross the placenta, Zika virus may hijack the route by which acquired immunity is transferred from mother to fetus, new research suggests. The results…

News Brief 11.9.18

Webinar: Northeast CoE seminar on Invasive Longhorned Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis; LOCAL LEGISLATIVE OFFICE OUTREACH WEEK: NOV. 12-16th 2019; MVCAC Annual Conference; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019; 2019…

How to Mail Mosquitoes

From Atlas Obscura November 7, 2018 HE SYRINGE WAS FILLED WITH so many mosquitoes that they hardly even looked like insects anymore. Their wings, antennae, and other appendages were pressed so…

News Brief 11.2.18

CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019; 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18; HR resources for districts to use and to upload information into; NPDES…

Mosquito-to-mosquito infections keep dengue circulating

From the Cornell Chronicle October 31, 2018 While mosquitoes acquire dengue viruses from people when they feed on blood, the insects can also infect each other, a recent study finds. …

News Brief 10.26.18

LOCAL LEGISLATIVE OFFICE OUTREACH WEEK: NOV. 12-16th; CDPH Culex kdr resistance testing program for 2019; Need Bottle Bioassay Testing?; 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18; HR…

Peptide successfully exploits Achilles’ heel of Zika virus

From Science Daily October 24, 2018 Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have engineered an antiviral peptide that exploits the Zika virus at its Achilles’ heel — the…

Deflecting mosquitoes during bite season

From the Los Altos Town Crier October 24, 2018 Mosquitoes are incredibly well adapted for living on Earth in extreme conditions. They exist at 8,000 feet in the Himalayas and…

News Brief 10.19.18

LOCAL LEGISLATIVE OFFICE OUTREACH WEEK: NOV. 12-16th; Need Bottle Bioassay Testing?; 2019 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/3/18; HR resources for districts to use and to upload…

Man recovering from rare mosquito-borne illness

From Wood TV October 17, 2018 KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A couple from Allegan County hopes their experience with a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness serves as a lesson for…

Why it’s so hard to diagnose Zika

From Reuters October 17, 2018 CHICAGO (Reuters) – When a Zika epidemic was at its height in the Americas two years ago, diagnostics makers began working feverishly to create diagnostic…