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Heated Boxes on Bats’ Caves Might Save Their Lives during Winter Time
Heated box placed in hibernation caves might help bats afflicted with a mysterious and deadly...
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Strange Deaths Among Bats
A lethal condition that has been killing bats in New York for two years has spread into New Jersey...
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Elderly Woman’s Death Linked To West Nile Virus In Idaho?
It appears that the West Nile virus may have played a part in the recent case which involved the...
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West Nile Virus Detected In Thurston County
Two dead crows, one from King County and another from Thurston County, Washington, have been found...
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More Cases Of West Nile Virus Found
The most recent human cases of West Nile
virus infection are a Grand Forks resident who
was...
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Food Irradiation, Arguments Pro And Against
The FDA’s approval last month of the
irradiation treatment of spinach and lettuce to kill the...
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West Nile Virus Continues To Be A Threat
The West Nile virus continues to be a threat as the number of mosquitoes which test positive for...
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West Nile Season Reaches Its High Point
A 58 year-old Atlanta man was hospitalized for about a week after experiencing West Nile virus...
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Update: Antioch Woman Infected With The West Nile Virus
An Antioch woman, aged 56, was infected with the West Nile virus, the Contra Costa Mosquito &...
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Mosquitoes Threat Danvers Residents
According to the Department of Public Health, a great number of mosquitoes collected in Danvers at...
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FDA’s Decision over Food Irradiation Stirs Debate
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the irradiation treatment of spinach and...
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Stop Bothering The Earwax!
Earwax should be left alone because it offers protection and has lubricating and antibacterial...
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How To Avoid Mosquito Bites
If you have in mind going to the lake or river these days, we should remind you not to forget your...
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We Teach You How To Swat A Fly
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) believe they solved the puzzle...
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West Nile Makes Its Second Victim In Orange County
The mosquito-transmitted disease claims its
second victim in Orange
County. A Garden Grove man...
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Finally Out: This Is The Way DEET Works
For those of you who were curious as to how DEET-based insect repellants work, the results of a...
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First Cases of West Nile Virus Reported
The first cases of the West Nile virus have been reported this year, so people should start taking...
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California Officials Advice People to Take the West Nile Threat Seriously
Health officials from Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, gathered Tuesday...
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West Nile Virus Hits Again!
West Nile virus, an infection which is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected...
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West Nile Season Continues. Two More Cases Found In Huntington
West Nile, the disease which affected
nearly 175,000 people in the US
last year, according to the...
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California Heat Wave May Cause New West Nile Virus Outbreak
The heat wave that brought California
down this summer was accompanied, besides the hundreds of...
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Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis
Scientists with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have found that when consumed in large...
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Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor
Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin
American appear to be also common among...
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Mosquito Wave Hits Cascade County
Due to the unusually wet spring that it has experienced this year, Cascade County is now facing a...
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USDA: Irradiation Makes Vegetables Safer
I am sure everybody knows that washing fruits and vegetables at home under the tap is the best way...
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Vaccines against Malaria to Be Tested on Volunteers
The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay
volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by...
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Screening To Detect Chagas Disease Could Save Lives
A new screening strategy devised by a team of U.S. researchers could make the detection and...
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