Mosquitoes May Become Our Allies
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By Catherine Clabby Without mosquitoes, epidemics of dengue fever and malaria could not plague this planet. The skin-piercing insects infect one person after another while dining on a favorite meal: human blood. Eliminating the pests appears impossible.
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Malaysia and Singapore have introduced tough measures to combat an explosion of dengue fever, fining companies and homeowners who fail to control breeding grounds of mosquitoes responsible for a disease usually associated with poor tropical countries.
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Why don't Alaskan mosquitoes spread malaria?
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Locusts are commonly associated with plagues, food shortages, and death. But they are also inspiring what may be the next wave in lifesaving collision-avoidance systems.
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THE DEATH of a Piedmont squirrel from the West Nile Virus means its time to act -- not react. There are some important steps we can take to reduce the mosquito population in our hills communities, and we should take them.
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They were collected by the Metro Health Department in the southeastern part of the county. The find prompted the health department to start another round of mosquito spraying.
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In a few short weeks we won&#39;t have West Nile virus bugging us until next spring. With two additional birds infected with West Nile virus found near Clinton and Hudson, the Lenawee County Health Department
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- West Nile virus has appeared in most parts of the United States. The virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito.
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New insect repellents may work by stopping pesky mosquitoes and flies from sniffing out their prey, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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An epidemic caused by a little-known virus has broken out on a group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, as warmer weather and heavy rain fuel the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in many parts of the world.
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It used to be malaria  that gave people fevers in Indonesia&#39;s remote,  mosquito-infested peatlands.
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Singapore is to fine people who allow  mosquitoes to breed in their homes in a bid to curb dengue  fever, a sometimes fatal disease that has soared to a 10-year  high in the island-state.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria. Nearly two billion people live in areas affected by malaria.
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The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia announced yesterday that
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How nice it would be if eating one simple food could bring relief to all those Americans who become walking bait for mosquitoes each summer.
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A transport system used by the malaria parasite to infect blood cells could be a target for new treatments, scientists have said. Australian and US teams both claim that they have pinpointed the key proteins involved in the process.
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They&#39;re tiny and pesky, but also hold secrets to our evolution: Head lice have shown researchers that an extinct species of early human had direct contact with modern-day man 25,000 years ago.