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Mosquito
Developing a Zika vaccine will take time (and money)
Feb 1, 2016
A handful of big drug companies are working on one.
GMOsquitoes
Jul 10, 2015
Quartz and Marketplace look at how genetically modified mosquitoes could be the key to preventing a disease outbreak in Florida.
Attack of the mosquito! Bugs beat DEET
Feb 21, 2013
New research indicates that the main protection against the mosquito, DEET, may not be as effective as originally thought.
West Nile virus hits Dallas, Texas
Aug 17, 2012
The city of Dallas Texas has authorized the first aerial spraying of pesticides since the 1960s to stop an outbreak of West Nile virus. Dallas County has seen nearly 200 cases of the mosquito born illness and ten deaths.