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Drug-resistant Malaria Sparks Alert
The emergence of a strain of drug-resistant malaria parasites in Cambodia has sparked an alert among health care providers. Malaria is a major killer claiming more than a million each year. For those...
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Malaria Spread Feared as Drug Loses Effectiveness
Scientists recently found that the malaria virus is developing resistance to the most effective treatment known to date. Artemisinin, a Chinese plant based drug is used in combination with other antimalarial drugs... Genetically Altered Mosquitoes fight against Dengue and Malaria
Scientists in Australia are finding new ways to fight deadly mosquito bites through genetic engineering. While they have been attempting to modify mosquitoes to become resistant to dengue and malaria for years,... Green Mosquitoes Combat Dengue Fever
Dengue fever is a painful illness, a hemorrhagic fever, that strikes between 50 and 100 million people worldwide. It kills more than 20,000 people each year. Researchers in Australia think they may have... Maintaining Foreclosure Homes with Fishes and Organic Pesticide
As abandoned properties continue to pepper the Florida neighborhoods, communities are having difficulties dealing with the many problems that this situation has brought including increased crimes, orphaned pets...Experts Link More Mosquitoes to the Foreclosure Crisis
The foreclosure wave that has swept the nation has had all kinds of far reaching effects on the economy, the lives of citizens, financial sectors and of course the housing market. But one of the most unusual...Experts Link More Mosquitoes to the Foreclosure Crisis
The foreclosure wave that has swept the nation has had all kinds of far reaching effects on the economy, the lives of citizens, financial sectors and of course the housing market. But one of the most unusual...Climate Change Threatens Millions Warns WHO
"A Warning From the World Health Organization (WHO)Millions of people could face poverty, disease and hunger as a result of rising temperatures and changing rainfall expected to hit poor countries the hardest,...In Warm Climates, Pools Breed West Nile
" Swampy swimming pools all over the country — a legacy of the foreclosure crisis — are becoming breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes. The problem is particularly acute in warm climates like Florida and California, where officials are concerned about the...Giant spider web spurs sticky debate
"Texas, USA Entomologists are debating the origins of a massive spider web, which runs more than 180 metres and covers several trees and shrubs, found in Texas. The web has been formed in the park over the past... Shock and Awe for Mosquitoes in Chicago
I remember when I was tree planting in northern Ontario in the early 90's we had some pretty toxic bug dope. It used to melt our plastic hard hats and the pens we used would become oily and eroded. We tried to avoid touching it. It's pretty nasty... Birth of American Values
"Today is the 400th anniversary of the establishment of Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in what would become the United States of America. At first, it was a disaster. Their plan was to...Malaria: GM mosquitoes offer new hope for millions
"The multimillion-dollar effort to eradicate one of the world's deadliest diseases received a significant but controversial boost yesterday when scientists announced the creation of genetically modified mosquitoes... The Sweet Sound of Their Delicate Little Bodies Exploding ...
I don’t consider myself cruel or perverted.
OK, I don’t consider myself particularly cruel or perverted.
But I have to say that not all of God’s creatures necessarily deserve to share the... Shifting insect populations reveal global warming
Changing insect populations reflect the impact of global warming in the U.S.:"An Ohio State University researcher on the international team created a history of changing midge communities for six remote mountain lakes in the Western United States. Midges, resembling...
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