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Timothy C. Winegard has written a well-researched work of narrative nonfiction that offers a history of the world through the role that mosquitoes — and mosquito-borne illnesses — have played in it.
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Mosquitoes are among civilization's most influential yet underappreciated killers. We unearth the uneasy truth about their outsized impact on human history.
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From Texas Standard: For some Texans, a mosquito bite can cause more than just an itch. From yellow fever to West Nile virus, there's a long history of...
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Recent rains and warmer weather are expected to make the local mosquito population explode. Local health officials offered advice on how to fight them…
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It's the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is.
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From Texas Standard : On any given day between May and November, Bethany Bolling and her team of microbiologists at the Texas Department of State Health...
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From Texas Standard : West Nile virus made big headlines in Texas in 2012. But the truth is, it probably infects thousands of people here each year,...
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A researcher in Australia has invented a low-tech, insecticide-free trap that might be able to reduce bites from a particularly pesky mosquito in some neighborhoods.
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Mosquitoes find some people way more delicious than others. Now scientists have found a way to make you less attractive, no chemicals needed.
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Bexar County increased its number of mosquito traps back in April due to Zika concerns. This week, the state health department found West Nile in a…