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A Threat Bigger Than Zika

A Threat Bigger Than Zika

For months, members of Congress have been at odds over how much money the United States ought to spend on fighting the Zika virus. The World Health Organization declared Zika a global emergency back in …

How Zika Breaks Into the Brain

When Brazil’s alarming spike in newborns with brain damage was linked to an obscure virus last year, Arnold Kriegstein began to do some reading. Kriegstein, a neurobiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, learned …

Battling Chicken Mites with Bags of Brimstone

Battling Chicken Mites with Bags of Brimstone July 18, 2016 by Entomology Today Leave a Comment A northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum). Photo by Blaine Mathison. By Meredith Swett Walker The northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus …

Who, What, and Where Do Mosquitoes Bite?

ho, What, and Where Do Mosquitoes Bite? July 8, 2016 by Entomology Today Leave a Comment Photo by Jim Occi, BugPics, Bugwood.org. By Cameron Webb Mosquitoes bite. They need to bite. Female mozzies require the …