Warm and wet weather can mean more mosquito biting and breeding, including the ones that can carry diseases that make you sick. Your only protection against mosquitoes and the diseases they can carry ...

Medical experts say you can still visit dengue hot spots such as Puerto Rico, Argentina and Brazil. But bring repellent.

Hillsborough County Health Department announced the fifth case of locally acquired Dengue Fever in the county. The first case ...

Certain products containing permethrin are recommended for use on clothing, shoes, bed nets, and camping gear, and are registered with EPA for this use. Permethrin is highly effective as an ...

Both West Nile and dengue are spread through mosquito bites ... Spray exposed skin and clothing with repellent. Another option is to use permethrin, which should be applied only to clothing.

Hsu cells were treated with 1.7 μM insulin or vehicle control, then infected with WNV-NY99 (MOI=0.001 PFU/cell ... These promising findings encourage further investigation of the insulin-dependent ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 26, 2024) A study in Environment International finds that young children who exhibit higher levels of pesticide metabolites in their urine show more pronounced ...

SINGAPORE – Project Wolbachia, an effort to control dengue through the release of lab-grown mosquitoes, will expand to cover 50 per cent of all households in Singapore by 2026. The insects ...

That designation implies that Borbón’s residents should be relatively safe from dengue, a disease carried by a species of mosquito that, according to the World Health Organization ...

The DOH said the best way to prevent dengue is to avoid mosquito bites, especially during the day. "Hanapin at tuyuin ang mga napag-ipunan ng tubig mula sa mga nagdaang bagyo. Takpan ang balat ng ...

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