Jacob OglesMarch 22, 2023
8min0
Jim Boyd and others honored 100 years of mosquito control in the Sunshine State.
Tag: Aedes aegypti
Jacob OglesMarch 22, 2023
Guest AuthorMay 15, 2017
7min313
As we celebrated Mother’s Day with our families this weekend, I could not help but think of all the moms in the U.S., and all over the world, who have been affected by Zika in the last year. As a father of six, I know that all children bring challenges. But a child born with microcephaly […]
Terry RoenNovember 8, 2016
3min761
Residents of Key Haven voted decisively against a referendum to allow genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in a test to control the spread of Zika virus, while residents of Monroe County voted to approve the test. The vote is non-binding and the district’s board of commissioners will have the final say on the test. Key […]
Associated PressJuly 21, 2016
4min171
Brazilian researchers said Thursday that they have found that another species of mosquito is able to transmit the Zika virus to humans. Fiocruz institute said that additional studies will be needed to determine what role the widespread Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito has played in the Zika epidemic. The research was done at Recife, a city in […]
Associated PressJune 20, 2016
9min188
Saron Wyatt pointed to the secluded end of her small street in Houston’s impoverished Fifth Ward, where a mound of old tires keeps popping up. Always a trashy nuisance, it’s now a growing danger. Tires collect water and become prime breeding grounds for mosquitoes — especially the ones that spread Zika virus disease and other […]
Associated PressMay 24, 2016
9min245
A summer flu seemed to be sweeping through Rachel Heid‘s riverfront neighborhood. Pale and shaky, she left work with a fever. Neighbors had the same symptoms, and a contractor at her home felt so sick he went to the hospital. Heid thought the neighborhood children were passing a bug around their circle. She never suspected […]
Associated PressMay 16, 2016
7min247
The mosquitoes that can spread Zika are already buzzing among us. The U.S. government could use some help figuring out exactly where. No experience is necessary for what the U.S. Department of Agriculture envisions as a nationwide experiment in citizen-science. Teenagers already have proven themselves up to the task in tryouts involving a small number […]