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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Be Released in Panama This Weekend
(Epoch Times) Starting Feb. 15, UK bio-tech company Oxitec will begin releasing genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Nuevo Chorillo, Panama. It will release 240,000 GM mosquitoes a week. Female Anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria, dengue, and other diseases. The idea is to release male mosquitoes genetically engineered to produce offspring that will die, thus decreasing the Read More »
- February 16, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, Biotechnology, and International
Nazis planned to use malaria-infected mosquitoes as biological weapons
(Telegraph) Hitler’s scientists planned to use malaria-infected mosquitoes as biological weapons by sending them behind enemy lines in the Second World War, according to research. SS leader Heinrich Himmler ordered secret research into how insects infected with the disease could be kept alive long enough to be used against the allies, German academic Dr Klaus Read More »
- February 16, 2014
- | Filed under Europe, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
New dengue cases reported from Cairns, brings total to 70 – The Global Dispatch
- February 14, 2014
- | Filed under International
Dengue Fever on the Rise in Southeast Asia | The Diplomat
- February 14, 2014
- | Filed under International
New dengue cases reported from Cairns, brings total to 70
(The Global Dispatch) Queensland Health is reporting 11 additional dengue fever cases from the city of Cairns in north Queensland bringing the total number to 70, according to an ABC News report today. In response to the 2 month old Cairns outbreak and the outbreak in Port Douglas, which remains unchanged at 17 cases, Queensland Read More »
- February 14, 2014
- | Filed under Asia/Pacific, International, and Public Health