All posts tagged "mosquitos"

  • A health worker stands in the Sambadrome as he sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Inspectors begin to spray insecticide around Sambadrome, the outdoor grounds where thousands of dancers and musicians will parade during the city's Feb. 5-10 Carnival celebrations. Brazil's health minister says the country will mobilize some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus linked to birth defects. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
    Health minister: Brazil is ‘losing battle’ against mosquito

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects — but he also says the war...

    • Posted January 26, 2016
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  • FILE - This June 12, 2012 file photo shows Mosquitos in early stages of life: wriggling larvae (top), dark-colored, pupae (cocoon), at center and lower right, cluster around vegetation, and a dead mosquito, left, in swimming pool water of a foreclosed home in central Fresno, Calif. California saw a record number of deaths from West Nile virus last year, and health officials say the state’s drought may have contributed to the spike. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, John Walker,File)
    California saw record number of West Nile deaths in 2014

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — California saw a record number of deaths from the West Nile virus last year, and the state’s drought may have contributed to the spike in infections, according to health officials. Thirty-one infected people...

    • Posted April 10, 2015
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