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A local group’s battle is heating up against an especially aggressive termite that is threatening to terrorize some of Jacksonville’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods. Source: WJXT

The warm weather months bring hours upon hours of outdoor play for kids, and as a parent, you breathe easier when your little ones are running carefree through the grass, eliminating your worries of them breaking this or disturbing that. Children are Source: Romper/

With tick populations surging and large numbers being tested, Stamford’€™s Department of Health is warning residents to exercise an ounce of prevention to avoid Lyme and other debilitating sicknesses passed on by the bugs. To protect themselves from tick bites, residents should use an approved tick repellent and wear long pants and long sleeves when going into areas where ticks … Read More

More of the mosquitoes trapped in our area are testing positive for West Nile, so take steps to prevent bites Source: 6abc Philadelphia

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A resident in southeast Fort Collins tested positive for West Nile virus after attempting to donate blood, the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment said Tuesday. Blood donations that test positive for West Nile are discarded and not used for transfusions, officials said. Source: FOX31 Denver

The first sexually transmitted Zika case of 2017 has been confirmed in Pinellas County, Florida, according to health officials. Source: Fox News

Skunks are increasing in numbers, benefiting from warmer winters, the economic turnaround and the waning of the two diseases that regulate their population. Source: chicagotribune.com

Allegheny County Health Department officials Tuesday warned Carrick residents that a skunk that recently fought with a dog tested positive for rabies. The incident occurred … Source: TribLIVE.com

MILL CREEK, Wash.€“ A Mill Creek family is warning others after one of the bats in their rafters tested positive for rabies. It’€™s forced the entire family to undergo precautionary anti-virals costing thousands, something they said could have been prevented. Susan Kraushaar said she first found the bat last Tuesday. She said it was laying outside their garage door, dead. … Read More

According to reports the walls were covered with bedbugs in the home where a woman was found dead. Source: New Jersey 101.5 – Proud to be New Jersey – New Jersey News Radio