Sex-Switching Mosquito Gene Could Help Fight Dengue Fever


The male mosquito is relatively benign. It is the females that are a danger to human beings and human health. Scientists at Virginia Tech have checked out a gene in mosquitoes that determines the sex...

West Nile this Year claims First Human Victim


The only case of West Nile virus afflicted a man above 60 years of age as reported by the La Salle County Health Department. The elderly gentleman fell ill sometime last month. Similar cases of...