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Although no human cases have been identified at this time, APH says the positive mosquito pool indicates the virus is in the Travis County community.

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Mosquitos learned to avoid pesticides after a single non-lethal exposure, a study published Thursday in Nature found.

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Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research. Scientists who studied two species of mosquitoes that spread diseases such as dengue, Zika and West Nile fever -- Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus -- found that the females learned to avoid pesticides after a single non-lethal exposure, a study published Thursday in Nature found. The resear...

Covid-19: ‘We Must Continue To Intensify Airports Disinfection’

Covid-19: ‘We Must Continue To Intensify Airports Disinfection’

A senior officer of the Vector Control Unit, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Abel Djangmah, has reiterated the need to continuously intensify the ongoing monthly disinfection operation at the country’s airports. | Pulse Ghana

The Vector Control Unit will take the fight against mosquito-borne diseases to the parish of Christ Church this week. On Monday, October 18, the team will head to the following districts: Gooding Road, Brathwaite Gap, Gills Gap, Rockley New Road and surrounding areas. It will then visit Ventnor Gardens 1st, 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Golf Club Road, Bynoe Road, Rendezvous Ridge, Rendezvous Terrace and environs on Tuesday, October 19. The …

The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District has reported a West Nile Virus-related death.