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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Sep 21

2 min read

Coconut Oil vs DEET

Fatty acids from coconut oil matched DEET in repelling mosquitoes known to transmit yellow fever, malaria, and Zika viruses

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Sep 19

3 min read

Zika Vaccine May Destroy Glioblastoma

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston altered a Zika vaccine to target and destroy the cancerous brain cells in mice

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Sep 17

2 min read

DRC Battling Five Infectious Diseases

Democratic Republic of Congo CDC Travel Alerts include Ebola, Measles, Polio

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Sep 12

4 min read

Zika Vaccine Studies Struggling

Human challenge trials may save Zika vaccine clinical trials

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Sep 4

4 min read

Smartphone App Identified Infectious Disease Mosquitoes

Texas researchers demonstrated 98% specificity and 97% sensitivity in identifying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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Fact checked by Danielle Reiter, RN

Aug 29

3 min read

So-Cal is the USA’s Zika Hot-Spot

Zika travel alerts for 90 countries issued by the CDC

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