The YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park Center touts on its website it offers a “wholesome, spiritual environment where families, friends and groups will be inspired by nature”. But Douglas County school officials and parents say their students’ recent stay at the Estes Park lodge was far from a “wholesome” experience. Source: 7NEWS
Family wants to raise awareness of tick-borne disease after Newtown Township man’s death (via The Intelligencer)
A Newtown Township man died in July after doctors discovered he had an disease caused by tick-borne parasites known as Babesia. His family is speaking out to raise awareness about Source: The Intelligencer
Ticks Pose Risk For Lyme Disease Even As Weather Cools, Experts Say (via r20.rs6.net)
Just because the calendar says September doesn’t mean you can stop worrying about ticks. Source: r20.rs6.net
Rare malaria death of girl in northern Italy puzzles doctors – BBC News (via BBC News)
The little girl had not been abroad and northern Italy is malaria-free. Source: BBC News
Houston Braces for a Mosquito Swarm (via Texas Monthly)
Are mosquito-borne illnesses Hurricane Harvey’s next threat? Source: Texas Monthly
Is Zika Gone for Good? (via The New Yorker)
The virus caused widespread illness and fear in 2016, but it has virtually disappeared from the continental United States. Why? Source: The New Yorker
Tulane researchers aim at controlling mosquitoes through their metabolism (via The Advocate)
While a delicious repast might serve as a prelude to romance for humans, for female mosquitoes, a blood meal is an absolute necessity for reproduction. They must get their fill Source: The Advocate
VIDEO: Giant, ‘Smart’ Rats Terrorize Family In CA (via r20.rs6.net)
Marjourie Parra is brought to tears thinking about the conditions that her three young boys are living in. Source: r20.rs6.net
Rabid fox bites 2 in Delray Beach (via Sun-Sentinel.com)
A gray fox that bit two men near a job site in Delray Beach has tested positive for rabies. Source: Sun-Sentinel.com
Rat reports across Wichita are “highly unusual,” biologist says (via kansas)
Wichitans reporting rats: around 143rd and Kellogg, Douglas and Rock, Central and Rock, Central and Woodlawn, 13th and Ridge, Tyler and Kellogg. Source: kansas
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