2020
September
04,
2020
|
12:36 PM
America/Chicago
School’s out for summer! It’s time for playing at the park, swimming and catching lightning bugs. Unfortunately, it’s also the time when I see many office visits related to insect bites and their complications. It seems like no matter how hard I try ...
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2018
July
25,
2018
|
10:29 AM
America/Chicago
If you’ve chosen to brave the Texas heat this summer, you may have noticed that some of the few creatures to venture out with you are the mosquitoes. Or you maybe you are one of the fortunate souls that never seemed to be bitten by a mosquito.
Is ...
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2017
July
17,
2017
|
14:45 PM
America/Chicago
Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) reported today the first West Nile Virus-associated death of the 2017 season. The death involved a senior adult with underlying medical conditions. Additional details are not being released due to privacy laws.
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2016
November
28,
2016
|
15:56 PM
America/Chicago
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced today the first case of the Zika virus disease likely transmitted by a mosquito in Texas.
The patient lives in Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley and was confirmed last week by a lab tes...
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July
01,
2016
|
14:22 PM
America/Chicago
Baby frogs like funny dogs. Baby hogs like daddy’s dogs.
That’s how I remembered this:
Blood, frogs, lice, flies, disease, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, death.
You might ask, why was I learning the order of the plagues? Obviously, for a bi...
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February
02,
2016
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14:57 PM
America/Chicago
Zika has gained attention from not only the CDC, but the World Health Organization.
Leaders from the Who called Zika a “public health emergency of international concern,” earlier in the week, because how fast the virus is spreading and the continu...
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2015
December
08,
2015
|
10:04 AM
America/Chicago
You spent the weekend outside playing with your kids or hanging up Christmas lights.
Then you walk inside, feel your arm itching and see the familiar red bumps on your arms. Mosquitoes! In December?
Why are we still seeing mosquitoes three week...
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