Rain barrel basics: Conserving water but not mosquito habitats
As people look to reduce their water use for environmental and ecological reasons, rain barrels have gained popularity for ...
South Dakota tobacco tax shift burns up mosquito control money for cities, counties
A quiet change in 2014 tied West Nile prevention budget to anti-smoking efforts. Cities and counties won't get that money ...
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A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate-health funding
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical ...
To fight malaria, scientists want to poison mosquitoes—with human blood
Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...