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“From what we’ve seen so far, our method seems to be working well,” says Machado.  This isn’t the only attempt to use drones for the dispersal of disease-fighting mosquitoes—one team ran similar studies in Brazil’s northeast after the region saw an outbreak of zika in 2015 and 2016 that led to 3,308 babies being born with birth defects, and another is carrying out EU-funded tests in France and Spain.  Birdview is now negotiating with different biofactories, or insectaries, that sterilize male Aedes aegypti and with…

NASA satellites have emerged as a vital tool in the fight against malaria outbreaks in the Amazon Rainforest, where the disease poses a significant threat to people living in that region. University researchers, in collaboration with US space agency NASA and the Peruvian government, are leveraging data from Earth-observing satellites to forecast malaria outbreaks months in advance, ultimately aiming to prevent them from occurring.Using NASA Satellites to Predict Malaria Outbreaks:In the battle against malaria, which can…

Myotis bats roosting together. Credit: Dr. Nicole Foley/Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesThe evolution of viral tolerance in Myotis bats may help scientists prevent future pandemics, say researchers at Texas A&M.Bats carry some of the deadliest zoonotic diseases that can infect both humans and animals, such as Ebola and COVID-19.In a recently published article in the journal Cell Genomics, a Texas A&M research team revealed that some species of bats are protected…

Florida has been playing host to an emerging version of the dengue virus, new research shows. The study found that the state has experienced an “unprecedented” number of cases caused by dengue virus serotype 3 over the past two years, including locally acquired cases. Outbreaks have remained relatively small and contained, at least for now.Former NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin on the “Overview Effect”Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease. Most initial infections cause no symptoms, but about a quarter will experience flu-like…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain As demand for food from restaurants soars in the U.S., so does the importance of understanding the impacts of foodborne illness outbreaks. A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in food marketing and food policy finds that outbreaks spanning multiple states bring swift financial losses, increased media attention and a public-relations hit that makes smaller outbreaks…

One of the flashiest executive perks has roared back since the onset of the pandemic: free personal travel on the company jet.Companies in the S&P 500 spent $65 million for executives to use corporate jets for personal travel in 2022, up about 50% from prepandemic levels three years earlier, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. Early signs suggest the trend continued last year. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 One of the flashiest executive perks…

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023A 16-month-old boy was playing in a splash pad at a country club in Little Rock, Arkansas, this summer when water containing a very rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba went up his nose. He died a few days later in the hospital. The toddler wasn’t the first person in the United States to contract the freshwater amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, this year. In February, a man in Florida died after rinsing his…

You may have heard reports about outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in the Netherlands, Denmark and parts of the US and China, which are higher than usual for this time of year.Parents are keeping a watchful eye on the news, while public health officials monitor the global incidence of severe respiratory infections and record cases and causes. However, there is no new virus or other type of new pathogen to worry about in these outbreaks.Here's what we know.Pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs, usually caused by…

Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing the pandemic to a man-made virus. Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing the pandemic to a man-made virus. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to…

Recent findings reveal the avian influenza virus in domestic cats in Poland, highlighting the virus’s broader reach beyond bird populations.Situation analysis and advice to countries from FAO, WHO, WOAH.The current outbreaks of avian influenza (also called “bird flu”) have caused devastation in animal populations, including poultry, wild birds, and some mammals, and harmed farmers’ livelihoods and the food trade. Although largely affecting animals, these outbreaks pose ongoing risks to humans. The Food and Agriculture…