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The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to…
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Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the bugs against two…
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As chikungunya fever sweeps through Haiti, forcing school, workplace and even hospital closures because so many people are sick, public health officials…
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JENSEN BEACH, FLA. — State health officials have lifted a dengue fever advisory in Martin County. No new cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been…
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Public health workers will be asking about 300 people for blood samples amid a dengue fever outbreak that has sickened 18, the Palm Beach Post reports.…
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After decades without any reported cases, dengue fever seems to be getting a foothold in the U.S. In 2009, it surfaced in Key West. This year, 18 cases have been reported this summer in Martin County, Fla.
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Ten related cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been reported in Okaloosa County, the Northwest Florida Daily News reports. Three isolated cases…
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Dengue fever was commonplace in Florida until the 1930s. Air conditioning, window screens and better mosquito control helped break the dengue cycle. Now the mosquito-borne illness is back.
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The Florida Department of Health released a statement urging residents to take precautions against mosquitoes, due to three Martin and St. Lucie County…
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There could be as many as 400 million dengue infections worldwide each year, making it more common than malaria, according to a new study. One reason for the huge increase in estimated infections is that dengue has been spreading far and wide to regions outside the tropics.