Insecticides no longer killing Zika-infected mosquitoes, health officials say
Health workers are facing a major obstacle in their efforts to eradicate Zika and kill mosquitoes carrying the virus: Insecticides are no longer working.
In a recent Wall Street Journal report, health workers are citing concerns that they might have hit a dead end on the path to killing mosquitoes carrying Zika and similar viruses. And as the southern hemisphere begins to enter summer, outbreaks persist and the need for a defense treatment remains imperative.
Zika cases were confirmed in Texas recently and new ones are popping up in Miami, though the virus isn’t being transmitted through mosquitoes anymore in the area.
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