Could a Warming Planet Increase the Spread of the Zika and West Nile Viruses?
Climate change may be supercharging mosquito evolution and making more of the world hospitable to the insects that can carry dangerous diseases.
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A New, Cheap Method of Tracking Deadly Mosquitoes
An inventive toolkit created by a team at the University of Texas–Austin does not need much more than a cell phone, a 3-D-printed box, and a few chemical solutions.
Positive News Coverage Bolsters Support for Science
News of a vaccine against the Zika virus boosted Americans' confidence in science—for a short time. How to make it last?
Zika Reminds Us That Climate Change Is a Women’s Rights Issue
The swift spread of the Zika virus has thrown into sharp relief women’s vulnerability to ecological crisis. By…
Here’s What We Now Know About Zika
And what American communities can do to prepare. By Francie Diep The Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae, photographed at…