2:43pm Aug 13, 2019
Health & Safety
Health & Safety
North Carolina Mosquito Tests Positive For West Nile Virus
Officials say a mosquito in North Carolina has tested positive for West Nile virus.
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Dutton 4:38pm Aug 12, 2019Science Science Books ArtsIn 'The Mosquito,' Humans Face A Predator More Deadly Than The Rest
Timothy C. Winegard has written a well-researched work of narrative nonfiction that offers a history of the world through the role that mosquitoes — and mosquito-borne illnesses — have played in it. -
James Gathany / AP 6:40pm Sep 25, 2018National National Science Environment Health & SafetyBuilding A Better Mosquito Trap — One Scientist Thinks He's Done It
A researcher in Australia has invented a low-tech, insecticide-free trap that might be able to reduce bites from a particularly pesky mosquito in some neighborhoods. -
3:50pm Jul 24, 2018Health & Safety Health & SafetyFirst West Nile Virus-Related Death Reported In North Carolina
One person has died from West Nile virus in North Carolina. Health officials say it’s also the first confirmed case in 2018.
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Alan Diaz / AP 11:42pm Jun 21, 2018National National Science Environment Health & SafetyKeystone Virus Makes Jump From Mosquitoes To Human For First Time
The first known human case of the virus was identified in a Florida teen after a year of tests. Known symptoms include fever and a severe rash, but it's unclear if it causes brain inflammation. -
Sinclair Stammers / Getty Images/Science Photo Library RM 2:45pm Sep 05, 2017World News World News Science Health & SafetyIn A Case That Is 'Almost Impossible,' Girl Dies Of Malaria In Italy
"It's a mystery," said one health official. Italy was declared malaria-free in 1970. Officials will try to determine how and where the 4-year-old was infected. -
Mario Tama / Getty Images 4:51pm Jul 21, 2017National National Science EnvironmentTo Shrink Mosquito Population, Scientists Are Releasing 20 Million Mosquitoes
Scientists plan to release millions of sterile, male bacteria-infected mosquitoes in California, to breed with wild females. They're hoping for a "steep decline" in the species that carries Zika. -
Joe Raedle / Getty Images 5:18pm Oct 26, 2016National National Science Health & SafetyZika May Be In The U.S. To Stay
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now urges pregnant women to "consider postponing travel to all parts of Miami-Dade County." Zika is on the way to becoming an endemic disease in the U.S. -
Jason Beaubien/NPR 3:29pm Aug 10, 2016National National Science Health & SafetyPuerto Rico's Efforts To Stop Zika Are Hampered By Mistrust
Puerto Rico has more reported cases of Zika than many other places in the region, and the number of cases continues to rise. Unfortunately, Zika is just one of the island's many problems. -
CDC/Smith Collection/Gado / Getty Images 6:44pm Jul 18, 2016National National Science Health & SafetyA Case Of Zika Apparently Spread From A Patient To A Family Caregiver
Federal and Utah health officials are investigating a case that may be the first instance of Zika spreading from one person to another in ways other than via mosquito bites, sex or the placenta. -
W. W. Norton & Company 3:45pm Jun 28, 2016Books Books Arts Health & Safety'Nobody Is Immune': Bracing For Zika's First Summer In The U.S.
Author Donald. G. McNeil Jr. predicts that 2016 will be the worst year for Zika transmission in the U.S. "After this year, a fair number of people will be immune, and ... immunity will grow," he says. -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5:57pm Jun 13, 2016National National Science Environment Health & SafetyHere's Really Where Zika Mosquitoes Are Likely In The U.S.
A few months ago, health officials published a map that made it look like a big part of the U.S. was at high risk for Zika. Now they've released a new map that paints a very different picture.
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