Author: Sarah Spencer

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…

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…