Rainfall can indicate that mosquito-borne epidemics will occur weeks later – UCLA Newsroom
11/22/2017
UCLA NewsroomRainfall can indicate that mosquito-borne epidemics will occur weeks laterUCLA NewsroomA new study demonstrates that outbreaks of mosquito-borne viruses Zika and Chikungunya generally occur about three weeks after heavy rainfall. Researchers also found that Chikungunya will predominate over Zika when both circulate at the same time …

Doctors, IP Groups Remobilized In Zika Vaccine Licensing Fight – Inside Health Policy
11/22/2017
Doctors, IP Groups Remobilized In Zika Vaccine Licensing FightInside Health PolicyKnowledge Economy International and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are once again sounding the alarm over a plan to issue an exclusive license for a government-developed Zika vaccine candidate. The groups argue there is not an adequate justification for …

Fighting Zika: Gene edited, 3-eyed flightless mosquitoes – Genetic Literacy Project
11/22/2017
Genetic Literacy ProjectFighting Zika: Gene edited, 3-eyed flightless mosquitoesGenetic Literacy Project[I]n an effort to demonstrate how gene editing could be used to eradicate the mosquito species Aedes aegypti —a major carrier of diseases like dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika virus— researchers from the University of California, Riverside …