Manila neighborhood puts bounty on dengue-carrying mosquitoes
Residents in a central Manila neighborhood lined up Wednesday, as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty—one peso for every five mosquitoes, dead or alive.
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Philippine village battles dengue by offering bounties for mosquitos—dead or alive
A village in the densely populated Philippine capital region launched a battle against dengue Wednesday by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos—dead or alive.
Feb 19, 2025
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Reemergence of dengue serotype 3 may increase severity of outbreaks of the disease in Brazil
The reemergence of dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) in Brazil after 17 years could help worsen fresh outbreaks of the disease there, since the population is not immunized against this serotype, and serotypes 1 and 2 (DENV-1 ...
Feb 12, 2025
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As dengue cases rise, researchers point to simple solution: Trash cleanup
As cases of dengue fever skyrocketed globally this past year, new findings by Stanford researchers and their international collaborators underscore the importance of one measure that can significantly reduce disease risk: ...
Jan 13, 2025
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Genetically modified mosquitoes may curb disease with 'toxic' semen
Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialing the novel pest control method.
Jan 8, 2025
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Machine learning and climate data offer new insights into dengue forecasting
Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease which infects about 390 million people globally each year. Case numbers have grown steadily in recent years, with the most severe outbreaks occurring in tropical regions of South America. ...
Jan 6, 2025
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'Mosquito Shield' effectively reduces malaria transmission in major clinical trial
The University of Notre Dame and Unitaid have announced that an innovative vector control tool for malaria called a spatial repellent showed a significant impact on reducing malaria infections in a study published in The ...
Jan 6, 2025
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Global disease resurgence in 2024 shows rising health threat
Some infectious diseases saw a huge surge in 2024, with the spread attributed in part to climate change, declining vaccination rates and the advent of new pathogen variants.
Dec 24, 2024
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El Niño linked to rise in dengue mosquito infestations in Brazil
An article published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports the findings of a study that shows El Niño to be linked to an increase in infestations of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits dengue, chikungunya ...
Dec 10, 2024
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Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge
Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number from last year, health officials said ...
Dec 10, 2024
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