New 'Heartland Virus' Discovered in Sick Missouri Farmers

Two men in Missouri who became severely ill after sustaining tick bites were found to be infected with a new type of virus, according to a study from the Centers of Disease Control and...

Mold and Unseen Terrors In Your Foreclosure?!

The foreclosure market brings with it many concerns – foreclosure filing rates, processing delays, robo- signing, home prices, etc. – all associated with what goes on outside the home up on the auction block....

Bloodsuckers

Mosquito Alert The little bastards are biting again as it is summertime. Rains are frequent and the places for breeding mosquitoes are active and alive. The beaver pond is out there and it is producing mosquitoes....

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...

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,...

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...

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