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Mosquitoes' rapid spread poses threat beyond Zika

2016-03-13 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: As the world focuses on Zika's rapid advance in the Americas, experts warn the virus that originated in Africa is just one of a growing number of continent-jumping diseases carried by mosquitoes threatening swathes of humanity. The battle against the insects on the streets of Brazil is the latest in an ancient war between humankind and the Culicidae, or mosquito, family which the pests frequently win. Today, mosquito invaders are turning up with increasing regularity from Washington DC to Strasbourg,...

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Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?

2016-03-09 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colombia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease. According to Dr. Carlos Pardo Villamizar, warmer climates may have triggered the emergence and subsequent spread of the Zika virus by making more of the world habitable for the Aedes aegypti...

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Google Joins Effort to Stop Zika Virus Spread

2016-03-07 19:46:39| TechNewsWorld

Google last week announced it would contribute $1 million to the UN Children's Fund to support the global fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus. A team of Google engineers has volunteered to work with UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to figure out the viral infection's path. It also will match employee donations with the goal of giving an extra $500,000.

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New EU Animal Health Laws Aim to Halt Disease Spread

2016-02-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - Measures to prevent and halt outbreaks of animal diseases such as avian flu or African swine fever, informally agreed by MEPs and the Council in June 2015, were backed by the EU Parliament's Agriculture Committee on Tuesday.

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