It's the rainy season when the chances of dengue infection are quite high. Workplace and dengue: Air-conditioners, drains, toilet bowls, parking areas are all possible breeding grounds Dr Samir Dwivedi, Medical Director, India, International SOS says organisations should go for mosquito control and infection prevention measures to reduce community transmission of dengue and should promote awareness of the signs and …
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — It’s an increasingly familiar sight in U.S. cities and suburbs: A van pulls up to the curb. “The materials these companies spray kill all bugs,” said Lynn Goldman, an environmental health professor at George Washington University and former assistant administrator for toxic substances at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “It was all over the media,” said …
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Tiger mosquitoes, an Asian mosquito that can transmit dangerous diseases like dengue fever, have been found in five Dutch municipalities so far this year - in Westland, Lansingerland, Lelystad, Assen, and Valkenburg aan de Geul, the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority NVWA announced. If a tiger mosquito is caught, the NVWA checks an area of 100 meters around …