Author: Sarah Spencer

From Reuters January 23, 2018 TEPIC, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Spraying thousands of chilled, sterile mosquitoes from specially adapted drones could prove a cost-effective way to slash numbers of…

From the Orlando Sentinel January 18, 2018 An op-ed by Dr. Gary Brunette, Chief of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travelers’ Health Branch The New Year is often…

From Westside Connect January 18, 2018 Emerging trends in the ongoing campaign against mosquitoes and the viruses they transmit have area abatement experts gearing up for new challenges. In the…

From the Mercury News January 18, 2018 DEAR JOAN: I have ants in my bathroom. My husband says they are looking for water, and I agree with him, however, when I…

From EurekAlert! January 11, 2018 (Boston) — Karen Cheng, a third-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a $3,500 award from the Clinton Global Initiative…

From Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis January 11, 2018 More than 10,000 people in the United States are living with memory loss and other persistent neurological problems…

From Science News January 9, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—After the West Nile virus appeared on the U.S. East Coast in 1999, it spread across the entire country in just a…

From Sierra Magazine January 9, 2018 Since West Nile virus made its debut in New York City over a decade ago, outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, especially West Nile virus, have…

From Pasadena Now January 8, 2018 [Updated]  Nearly eight months after the City Council approved an application for Pasadena to join the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District…

From The Washington Post January 7, 2018 Ever ask yourself what’s the latest on viruses? Don’t blame yourself if you haven’t. It’s easy to forget that the tiny particles, which…

From Science Daily January 5, 2018 When exposed to Zika virus before birth, mouse fetuses with the protein commit cell suicide, while fetuses without it continued to develop. The result,…

From U.S. News  January 5, 2018 FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Zika might not directly cause the miscarriages and birth defects that have been associated with the notorious…

From The Los Angeles Times January 4, 2018 L.A. County officials said Thursday that a woman had been infected with the Zika virus by her partner in the first case…

From ABC 10 January 3, 2018 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A Carmel Mountain Ranch family is grateful for the gift of mobility after generous donations from the community. 10News shared…

From WTOP January 2, 2018 WASHINGTON — Some people bundle up to walk the dog or go for a run in freezing weather. But across the D.C. region, thousands brave frigid…

From UCR Today January 2, 2018 RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — For decades, chemical pesticides have been the most important way of controlling insects like the Anopheles mosquito species that spreads malaria to…

From FOX 15 December 28, 2017 ABILENE, TX – West Texas is being hit by a cold front, bringing unfriendly temperatures for mosquitos. But Texas health officials are still concerned with…

From the Turlock Journal December 26, 2017 Even though the weather has turned colder and there are fewer mosquitos flying around, the Zika virus remains a serious public health concern…

From ChicoER December 25, 2017 With the arrival of cool and wet weather, ticks that may be carrying Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are becoming more active in Butte…

From Fox26 December 20, 2017 Flowers at gravesites help us pay tribute to loved ones – and even celebrate holidays with them. But the final resting place for so many…

From CBS News December 19, 2017 While the threat from the Zika crisis has calmed, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week exploring the effects…

From Yale News December 18, 2017 Near Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., a population of mosquitoes capable of transmitting tropical diseases is hunkering down for a sixth straight winter. A…

From the Texas Observer December 18, 2017 Brownsville can’t afford a Zika outbreak, but it also can’t afford to prevent one. At the Mary P. Lucio Health Center one July…

From the PBS News Hour December 14, 2017 Children born with congenital Zika infection and diagnosed with microcephaly face severe health and developmental challenges as they age, a new study…

From Science News December 13, 2017 One of the top stories of 2016 quietly exited much of the public’s consciousness in 2017. But it’s still a hot topic among scientists…

From Stanford Medicine News Center December 12, 2017 If there was a Mafia crime family of the virus world, it might be flaviviruses. Dengue, Zika, West Nile and yellow fever…

From Texas Public Radio December 11, 2017 Scientists at Texas BioMedical Research Institute in San Antonio are using a type of primate to help prevent birth defects caused by the…

From The Turlock Journal December 8, 2017 The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency has confirmed that the county has seen its first case of the St. Louis encephalitis virus with…

From the Modesto Bee December 6, 2017 It turns out that a Stanislaus County man who became sick in September was stricken by St. Louis encephalitis, a virus that has…

From The Menlo Park Patch December 5, 2017 From SMCMVCD: Officials at San Mateo Mosquito and Vector Control District (SMCMVCD) remind residents that winter is the season for the western black-legged…

From NBC News December 5, 2017 Humans have been trying to conquer malaria, Zika, dengue, and other mosquito-borne diseases for centuries. But with malaria alone still claiming more than 1 million…

From NIH – National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases December 4, 2017 Results from two Phase 1 clinical trials show an experimental Zika vaccine developed by government scientists at…

From Bio Med Central December 1, 2017 News of West Nile virus (WNV) first hit the popular press in 1999 when cases of infection in humans were  identified in Queen’s, New…

From PRI November 30, 2017 Mosquitoes are, by far, the deadliest animals on Earth. More than 725,000 people die from mosquito-borne illnesses like malaria each year, and millions are affected…

From WLRN November 29th, 2017 Hospitals and health departments could have a new tool in 2018 to detect Zika – a test that is cheap, portable and fast. The test…

From Action News Now November 28, 2017 With the arrival of cool and wet weather, ticks of medical concern are now active again. Butte County residents need to be alert…

From U.S. News November 27, 2017 Nerve-related complications of Zika infection may be caused by the immune system’s response to the virus, not the virus itself, according to a new…

From Science News November 27, 2017 DENVER – After unpleasant lessons in the lab, mosquitoes can learn some restraint in their zest for pursuing the scent of human skin. The test,…

From Newswise November 21, 2017 A new study demonstrates that outbreaks of mosquito-borne viruses Zika and Chikungunya generally occur about three weeks after heavy rainfall. Researchers also found that Chikungunya will…

From Yale News November 20, 2017 The immune system’s response to the Zika virus, rather than the virus itself, may be responsible for nerve-related complications of infection, according to a…