Author: Sarah Spencer

From U.S. News March 14, 2018 A new study of pregnant women in the Caribbean further confirms that Zika virus causes birth defects, particularly if infection occurs early in pregnancy.…

From The Mercury News March 12, 2018 DEAR JOAN: I grew a pussy willow tree from a stalk I got at Safeway maybe three years ago. It is nearly finished with its…

From ValleyCentral.com March 11, 2018 With spring break beginning, that means more people will be making their way to the Rio Grande Valley, specifically South Padre Island. The area’s warm…

From The Kansas City Star March 10, 2018 Van McLain, guitarist for Shooting Star, a Kansas City rock band that rose to prominence in the 1980s, died last week. He…

From The Guardian March, 9, 2018 Scientists in the UK have started work on developing a vaccine to protect women against the Zika virus. The £4.7m project, involving the universities of…

From U.S. News March 8, 2018 THURSDAY, March 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Zika infections are on the rise in parts of the United States where mosquitoes spread the virus,…

From KrisTV.com March 7, 2018 The return of warm weather in Texas means more time outdoors with family and friends. Warm weather also means the return of mosquitoes, including mosquitoes…

From The Huffington Post March 6, 2018 ZIKA FOREST, Uganda ― In a tangle of trees by the shores of East Africa’s mighty Lake Victoria, the soaring metal tower poking out…

From The Huffington Post March 3, 2018 SAN MARCOS, Texas ― On a warm morning late last July, Chuck Yarling yanked a baby blue swim cap over his head and…

From BioMed Central March 2, 2018 The infamous 2014 dengue-outbreak in Guangzhou, southern China reported over 45,000 cases. Although rarely as severe, outbreaks in this area are common due to the prevalence…

From Washington Square News March 1, 2018 Researchers at NYU Dentistry have developed a new test for Zika through using saliva samples instead of blood samples. The test, completed in collaboration with…

From Smithsonian Magazine February 28, 2018 Mosquitoes are coming. The Unicode Consortium has just announced that alongside your smiling face – or perhaps crying face – emoji you’ll soon be able to…

From Gizmodo February 28, 2018 Since 2014, doctors have been stymied by a medical mystery: People, mostly children, were coming down with a previously unknown, polio-like illness that causes paralysis.…

From Phys.org February 28, 2018 The Asian tiger mosquito—carrier of such diseases as dengue, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya and Zika—appears to have vanished from Palmyra. Not native to…

From Homeland Preparedness News February 26, 2018 A new saliva-based diagnostic test for Zika virus is being developed by researchers at New York University College of Dentistry, in collaboration with…

From Redwood City Patch February 22, 2018 From San Mateo Co.: During their regularly scheduled meeting in January, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees held…

From EurekAlert! February 21, 2018 Zika virus, feared for causing microcephaly in babies whose mothers were infected during pregnancy by attacking the cells that will give rise to the fetus’s…

From KHOU February 20, 2018 Mosquito season has begun here in Texas, usually kicking off around early February, and along with it comes the threat of disease including Zika. Dr.…

Establishing a surveillance system and database will help mosquito-borne diseases from spreading SACRAMENTO – As most of California experiences a drier and warmer than normal February, mosquito experts throughout the…

From Healio February 16, 2018 When Omar S. Akbari, PhD, moved his lab of genetically modified mosquitoes from the University of California, Riverside, to the University of California, San Diego, he took…

From EurekAlert February 15, 2018 The antioxidant drug ebselen can prevent sexual transmission of Zika virus from male to female mice, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Yogy Simanjuntak…

From Time February 14, 2018 In the summer of 2016, Jerome Goddard, a medical entomologist in Mississippi, received an email from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

From Valley Central February 13, 2018 The search for a vaccination against the Zika virus continues in the Rio Grande Valley. Doctors at the research institute at Doctor’s Hospital at…

From Healio February 12, 2018 Researchers found genetic differences in twins discordant for congenital Zika syndrome that they said may increase susceptibility to complications of Zika virus infection during pregnancy.…

From Palo Alto Online February 12, 2018 Santa Clara County will begin its annual treatment Wednesday of the Palo Alto Baylands to prevent the spread of the winter salt marsh…

From KRCR News February 6, 2018 REDDING, Calif. — The Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control has noticed an increase in calls complaining about mosquitoes for 2018. District Manager Peter Bonkrude said…

From CBS Sacramento February 6, 2018 SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Warm weather in the Sacramento region has brought the mosquitoes out in force. The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control says it’s…

From the Times-Herald News February 6, 2018 The rain has stopped and the sun is out and that means the slightly warmer weather has pulled hibernating mosquitoes out from their…

From The Guardian February 5, 2018 In her home in the hillside favela in Recife, Inabela Tavares straps a support vest around the waist of her daughter, Gaziella, to help…

From the Press-Enterprise February 1, 2018 At least five people were stung by a swarm of bees in a Corona neighborhood Thursday afternoon, prompting police and fire officials to temporarily…

From Whittier Daily News February 1, 2018 A deadly mosquito-borne virus that typically spreads in the summer and fall months lingered in Los Angeles County until Christmas last year, infecting…

From Miami New Times February 1, 2018 When Miami Beach residents found out the county was spraying a pesticide banned in the European Union to kill mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus, they…

From The Inquirer January 31, 2018 Zika may not be the only virus that can harm a fetus, a new study in mice suggests. “We found that West Nile virus…

From Reuters January 29, 2018 (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted ‘fast track’ status to its vaccine for…

From U.S. News January 29, 2018 MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2018 (HealthDay News) — It sounds like science fiction, but researchers say they have taken the first step toward creating female…

From ChicoER January 28, 2018 Oroville >> Changes have been set in motion for Butte County’s mosquito districts, but the changes are likely to happen slowly. At its meeting in…

From San Antonio Express-News January 27, 2018 Birth defects strongly linked to Zika during pregnancy have increased in southern Texas and other parts of the United States where mosquitoes infected…

From UC San Diego Health January 25, 2018 In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by…

From Smithsonian.com January 25, 2018 Last summer, Dr. Kevin Olival joined a group of Indonesian hunters as they ventured deep into the mangrove forests of South Sulawesi island. The hunters were looking…

From Healio January 25, 2018 Researchers identified three new mosquito carriers of Zika virus in Mexico and say all three are potential vectors of the disease. Writing in Scientific Reports, the researchers…

From The Huffington Post January 23, 2018 PENANG, Malaysia – The buzz of a single mosquito flying around Oo Boon Siew’s living room is enough to make his family jump in…