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How to avoid catching Japanese Encephalitis
Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is the latest disaster to hit Australia’s shores and newspapers. At the tail end of an ongoing pandemic in the midst of devastating floods in Queensland and NSW, the mosquito-borne disease has found a spot in the limelight.
When life gives you mandarins, make mozzie coils!
You may not know it, but you’re probably familiar with the work of Eiichiro and Yuki Ueyama.
Eiichiro was a wheeler-and-dealer in 19th century Japan. His main business was organising shipments of fruit for import and export. The couple’s fate changed when Eiichiro stumbled across a nifty little fact: that some flowers have insect-repellent qualities.
It’s World Mosquito Day - here’s what you need to know.
A quick history lesson. On the 20th of August 1897, Sir Ronald Ross made a groundbreaking discovery – the parasite that carries malaria, p.falciparum, used mosquitos as a vector to...
Planting a seed
In 2018, a child was dying from malaria every two minutes. To put that into perspective, this post will take from 4-6 minutes to read.
