Metropolitan Digital

Google


.

West Nile virus season returns − a medical epidemiologist explains how it’s transmitted and how you can avoid it

  • Written by Daniel Pastula, Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
West Nile virus season returns − a medical epidemiologist explains how it’s transmitted and how you can avoid itMosquitoes are responsible for transmitting West Nile virus to humans.Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty Images

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness in the continental U.S., with an average of 2,464 reported cases per year.

Every August, West Nile season ramps up, primarily in parts of the Southern and Western United States.

The...

Read more: West Nile virus season returns − a medical epidemiologist explains how it’s transmitted and how...

More Articles ...

  1. Hard-to-treat traumas and painful memories may be treatable with EMDR – a trauma therapist explains why it is gaining popularity
  2. US has its first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution − here are 3 strong points and 1 big gap
  3. US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal
  4. What is mpox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
  5. In praise of the weird
  6. Catholics are debating whether to remove paintings by a priest accused of abusing women − but let’s not confuse the artist and the art, writes an art historian
  7. Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
  8. Chicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get ready for the Democratic convention
  9. Hispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment − new intervention could change that
  10. Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might