Author: Sarah Spencer

From The New York Times April 13, 2018 High in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain, an international team of researchers set out four buckets to gather a shower of…

From The California Aggie April 13, 2018 Certain wolbachia strains could spread rapidly through mosquito populations, block transmittance of viruses to humans, UC Davis study shows Wolbachia, a parasitic microbe…

From CBS News April 12, 2018 Guidelines in place for protecting against the sexual transmission of Zika virus need to be re-evaluated, based on a new study from the U.S. Centers…

From The Merced Sun-Star April 11, 2018 If mosquitoes are hovering over your green swimming pool, it’s time to drain the water for the good of the community, abatement officials…

From The York Daily Record April 11, 2018 You will get bit by a mosquito, probably soon. The mosquito larva are already wiggling around in pools of standing water, sometimes in containers as…

From The National Science Foundation April 10, 2018 Where’s the greatest risk of a mosquito bite if you live in Baltimore, Maryland? Scientists studying Baltimore neighborhoods where residents have low,…

From The Orlando Sentinel April 10, 2018 With mosquito season just around the corner, Orange County is getting money from the state to help combat the Zika virus. Orange is…

From The Burlingame Patch April 10, 2018 San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District: On Thursday, April 26th, 2018, San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District will hold an…

From Stat April 4, 2018 A new study in primates raises the possibility that children infected with the Zika virus during infancy could be at risk of experiencing brain damage. Zika is…

From The San Diego Union-Tribune April 3, 2018 April starts mosquito season, and that means an increased risk of West Nile and Zika virus infection. Though that risk gets stronger…

From KUSI April 3, 2018 SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — With mosquito season near, County officials reminded people Tuesday that they need to dump out standing water and protect themselves from…

From EurekAlert! April 2, 2018 A Zika vaccine could have a substantial effect on mitigating and preventing future Zika virus outbreaks. Through a combination of direct protection and indirect reduction…

From Yale News March 29, 2018 A Yale-led research team developed a new RNA therapy, delivered through the nose, to treat mice infected with West Nile Virus. The innovative approach…

From The Press-Telegram March 29, 2018 It was 6 a.m. and the sun wasn’t due up for another hour. But vector ecologists Harold Morales and Steve Vetrone were already on the road.…

From The Escalon Times March 28, 2018 San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District is responding to the surge of recent storms and predicted warm temperatures. “District mosquito control…

From Healio March 28, 2018 Neurologic and ocular birth defects occur in 7% of offspring of mothers located in French territories of the Americas who have lab-confirmed Zika virus infection,…

From Action News Now March 28, 2018

From The Manteca Bulletin March 27, 2018 Extensive March rains and temperatures climbing to 80 degrees by Saturday means things can really “bite” in the coming weeks. San Joaquin County…

From Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis March 27, 2018 People infected with West Nile virus can show a wide range of disease. Some develop life-threatening brain infections.…

From CBS 19 March 26, 2018 Mosquito season has started in East Texas, and experts said it will last through November. With two cases of Zika in Texas, it’s never…

From Homeland Security Today March 20, 2018 Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to recognize outbreaks of mosquitoes transmitting Dengue and Zika in Brazil, according to Drone Below. Loglab and Cuiabá Municipal…

From Vectorborne Disease Section – California Department of Public Health March 19, 2018 Over a year ago, the Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) was given a new common name: California Scrub-Jay. In…

From The Guardian March 18, 2018 Somewhere out there a dangerous virus is boiling up in the bloodstream of a bird, bat, monkey or pig, preparing to jump to a…

From The Orlando Sentinel March 16, 2018 If you’re planning to travel to Brazil, especially to popular tourist destinations like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, you should get vaccinated…

From R & D Magazine March 16, 2018 Spurred on by climate change, international travel and international trade, disease-bearing insects are spreading to ever-wider parts of the world. This means…

From Healio March 15, 2018 In the absence of mediation or a vaccine to treat Zika virus infections in endemic areas, the best advice is to prevent infection by avoiding…

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…