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dengue fever

Chhom Nimol is the lead singer of Dengue Fever.
Movement
How this Cambodian American singer found her voice
A drone sprays insecticide near homes on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Brazil's health ministry launched a campaign to fight the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue, zika and chikungunya, diseases that can generate
Health & Medicine
Brazil’s public health workers race to tackle dengue surge
Dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses are spread by the Aedes species of mosquito, like the Aedes albopictus pictured here
Disease
An unlikely hero could help in the fight against deadly mosquito-borne disease
Genetically modified mosquiito
Environment
EPA approves field trials of genetically modified mosquito
The Abuzz project hopes to help curb mosquito-borne illnesses by using cell phones to track mosquito outbreaks around the world.
Health
Tracking some of the world’s biggest killers, via cellphone
Smog shrouds Chile's capital Santiago, June 22, 2015.
Environment
Climate change poses a massive health risk, but fighting it will be good for everyone
Hatian Marqui Ducarme was hit with the Chikungunya virus in May of this year. After spreading quickly through the Caribbean, public health officials in Florida say the painful mosquito-borne disease has just shown up for the first time in the United State
Environment
After a long journey from Africa, a new tropical disease sets up shop in Florida
Hatian Marqui Ducarme was hit with the Chikungunya virus in May of this year. After spreading quickly through the Caribbean, public health officials in Florida say the painful mosquito-borne disease has just shown up for the first time in the United State
Environment
After a long journey from Africa, a new tropical disease sets up shop in Florida
A Sri Lankan man reads the newspaper. People in Sri Lanka are most likely to read the paper in the mornings and evenings, the same times that disease-carrying mosquitoes come out to bite.
Environment
Could reading a newspaper save you from dengue fever?
Environment
Brazilians welcome genetically-modified mosquito to help fight dengue fever
Arts, Culture & Media
Music Picks for 2011
Arts, Culture & Media
Dengue Fever and Cambodian Psychedelic Rock
Emerging Science Note/Mosquito Fish
Emerging Science Note/Inoculating Mosquitos
Emerging Science Note/Mosquito Fish
Global Politics
India’s diplomatic disaster
Arts, Culture & Media
Dengue Fever
Arts, Culture & Media
Global hit: Dengue Fever