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Climate change may push the US toward the 'goldilocks zone' for West Nile virus

Spring rain, summer drought, and heat created ideal conditions for mosquitoes to spread the West Nile virus through Colorado last year, experts have said.

To stop diseases like West Nile, WSU scientists are feeding blood to mosquitoes
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To stop diseases like West Nile, WSU scientists are feeding blood to mosquitoes

Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and West Nile lack vaccines. But Washington scientists think insulin could weaken these diseases in mosquitoes before they reach people.
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