Tag: health

August 3, 2016 Bit by a tick? Next steps and species to know This Purdue infographic can help you identify Indiana's medically important tick species and the diseases they can transmit. (Purdue University graphic/Angela Roberts) …

Feds Use Funds for Medicaid, Children's Services to Avoid Delaying Zika Vaccine Research 0 Shares Email Star Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA plane sprays pesticide over Miami's Wynwood neighborhood on Aug. 6, 2016 in Miami. 0 Shares …

June 27, 2016 Historian on Zika's ethical, moral and social complexity for women Wendy Kline Download image WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Zika virus, like Ebola and other public health issues before it, bring up …

   A Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, sprays pesticide in Miami Beach, Florida. The Zika virus is carried by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images New Zika research released on Friday has found that …

Zika virus and complications: Questions and answers Online Q&A Updated 6 September 2016 Summary of the situation The rise in the spread of Zika virus in Brazil has been accompanied by an unprecedented rise in …

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 …

Mosquitoes are considered pests.  They carry various kinds of diseases such as malaria and dengue. Another one is Zika. The Aedes species of mosquitoes is the day-biting mosquito that carries the Zika virus.  To help …