Drought, heat, and West Nile outbreaks seem to go together-
You would think mosquito borne West Nile virus and floods from wet, wet summers go together. This is not so. Early on it was recognized that West Nile peaks in the dryest, hottest time of the year — August. Not only that, it is worse […]
Continue Reading →First day of annual testing shows the dangerous disease in local mosquitoes-
Throughout most of the 20th Century in the United States getting bitten by mosquitoes was an irritation, sometimes a major one, but something without lasting effects. This was never true in many other countries where Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, malaria, and many more […]
Continue Reading →Is cattle trough country West Nile virus country?
Well I’m going to spend the rest of the day over in the Sublette Range where there are a lot of cattle troughs. Nowadays you have to worry about West Nile virus. Seems like these might harbor the dangerous mosquitoes that pass it. As August approaches the […]
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