Mosquitoes in the metro area have tested positive for the West Nile virus – tying the 2006 record for early detection. Source: John Enger
The Summer Tick Forecast & New Ways to Fight Lyme Disease (via The Exchange)
We get the latest on N.H. tick populations, health precautions, and research. 2017 is predicted to be a banner year for ticks – meaning more risk for all Source: The Exchange
Savage ant casually throws another ant off a table (via Mashable)
Every day is ‘300’ in the Ant Kingdom. Source: Mashable
Local experts say weather isn’t to blame for bad tick season this year (via WSLS)
Local experts tell WSLS 10 this tick season is worse than years past. Source: WSLS
The bed bug crisis: Yes, it’s real (via Philly.com)
Here’s what you need to know about bed bugs and removing them if you find them in your home. Source: Philly.com
‘Miserable’ tick-borne Lyme disease up in Lake County (via Lake County News-Sun)
Cases of Lyme disease recorded by the Lake County Health Department in recent years have more than quadrupled since the early 2000s. Source: Lake County News-Sun
New test for Zika could help mosquito control efforts (via TCPalm)
Private and University of Florida researchers have developed a quicker, cheaper test for detecting Zika. Source: TCPalm
Bat suspected to have rabies found in Cumberland County (via ABC11 Raleigh-Durham)
Thursday afternoon the State Public Health Lab in Raleigh reported an “unsatisfactory result” of rabies in a bat found in Cumberland County. Source: ABC11 Raleigh-Durham
Zika-prone mosquitoes virus are in Vegas. Here’s why southern Utah officials aren’t too concerned. (via The Salt Lake Tribune)
The type of mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus recently was trapped in Las Vegas — 144 miles from southern Utah. But Washington County officials aren’t too worried about the mosquitoes posing a threat anytime … Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
LA County’s first human case of West Nile virus reported in San Gabriel Valley (via r20.rs6.net)
An elderly resident living in the San Gabriel Valley was hospitalized in late March after contracting West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.It was the first case of a human West Nile infection reported in Los Angeles County this year, Source: r20.rs6.net