mosquitos
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Can Mosquitoes Spread Coronavirus?
The pathogens mosquitoes spread by sucking our blood cause over half a million deaths each year and hundreds of millions of cases of severe illness.
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How Building A New Mosquito Could End Malaria
Malaria is a horrifying disease. It explodes your cells and wears their skins as camouflage so it can more effectively burst more cells. The disease kills over a million people every year — but as Kurzgesagt explains, our best bet to eradicate malaria is by building a new mosquito.
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US Senate Reaches Compromise On Emergency Zika Funding
In February, the White House formally asked Congress for $2 billion dollars to help combat the Zika virus around the world. Now, the Senate has worked out a bipartisan deal will allocate it emergency funding.
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This Bastard Kills More Humans Than All The Deadliest Animals Combined
This little bastard is the deadliest animal in the world, with an estimated 750,000 human deaths every year. According to this great visualisation posted by Bill Gates, mosquitoes kill 163,780 more humans than all the other “dangerous” animals combined, including sharks, snakes and humans — the second deadliest animal.