The crazy stubborn winter is finally behind us and as we look forward to summer, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding us to be careful and prevent bites. The number of reported cases of disease from mosquito, tick and flea bites have tripled in the US over the last 13 years. This […]
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World Malaria Day is April 25
Not wanting to be caught in the Sunday evening traffic jam at the Likoni ferry, I left Gazi Bay around 4pm after loading my car with oranges and apple mangoes (a mango cultivar whose flesh is firm, sweet and doesn’t leave fibers sticking in between your teeth). […]
Tropical Diseases in North America
While driving up to Montreal last summer, we stopped at a gas station in Cornwall, Ontario around dusk. The moment we stepped out of the vehicle, we were greeted by a cloud of mosquitoes. […]