mosquitoes

A rare but deadly mosquito-borne virus has prompted nearly a dozen Massachusetts communities to impose nighttime curfews and other restrictions. What Happened: Massachusetts health officials confirmed the state’s first human case of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) this year. The patient, a...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates shared a plan to outsmart the “world’s deadliest animal” in August 2022. What Happened: Gates wrote on his blog about a building in Medellín, Colombia, where scientists are breeding “millions and millions” of mosquitoes.  The...

Congress is back in Washington this week to work on completing a spending bill ahead of a September 30 deadline. Not surprisingly, not only is Congress expected to miss the deadline for the bill, lawmakers can’t agree on the duration of a stopgap spending bill. The spending bill will be the...

According to a report by Reuters, researchers in the U.S. began the first clinical trial of a Zika vaccine, but there is one major issue. The Obama Administration said on Wednesday that funds allocated toward combating the Zika virus will run out soon due to congressional inaction. Unfortunately,...

On Friday, reports were released regarding Zika's progression in Florida causing some travel and treatment stocks to move sharply. Florida Governor's Report Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Friday Morning that no mosquitoes had tested positive for Zika; however, four cases of the virus had...

The Zika virus has swarmed media outlets as the mosquito-borne disease spreads. Over the past six months, the scare has escalated from an issue concerning South America to a woman's and ethical issue — as bans against pregnancy in certain countries following the discovery that the virus can...

Reports continue to surface of confirmed Zika virus cases outside of the primary infection regions. China has now confirmed the first case of Zika in the world’s most populated country. The 34-year-old infected male had recently returned from a trip to Venezuela, a nation that may now have...