Tag: Chikungunya Virus

What You Need To Know About The Chikungunya Virus

A mosquito-borne virus has been raising concerns after spreading around the globe. Public health officials have deemed the Chikungunya virus as an “emerging public concern” (according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health), and scientists have been steadily working on mitigation measures. There’s been some positive recent news regarding the prevention of the illness caused […]

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Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress

Along hundreds of miles of Lake Victoria’s shoreline in Kenya, a squadron of young scientists and an army of volunteers are waging an all-out war on a creature that threatens the health of more people than any other on earth: the mosquito. They are testing new insecticides and ingenious new ways to deliver them. They […]

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