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Arundel mosquitoes to be sprayed
Some Severna Park residents will see nighttime mosquito spraying in the coming weeks as state officials try to knock down the West Nile fever threat from local mosquitoes. Department of Agriculture officials said they were responding to reports of two...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Severna Park, Agricultural Research and Technology, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anne Arundel County
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When that mosquito carries West Nile virus
Maryland WeatherWe've been writing about the mosquito-borne West Nile virus since 1999, when it first turned up in New York City and began sickening and killing people. It was the first West Nile outbreak ever in the U.S., and it was......Tags: Headaches, New York City, Migraine, Lisa Simeone, Diseases and Illnesses
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Mosquito counts triple in parts of Baltimore County
State inspectors say mosquito counts have tripled in parts of Baltimore County since heavy rains from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee hit the area.
"The mosquitoes on the wing now are quite annoying," said Mike Cantwell, chief of mosquito...Tags: Baltimore County, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Tropical Storms, Hurricane Irene (2011), Natural Disasters
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Busy mosquito season tapers off in dry July
Drought conditions on the Eastern Shore are taking a toll on farmers' crops, but the dry weather is having at least one beneficial effect — there are fewer mosquitoes.
After a busy start to the mosquito control season that put a deep hole in...Tags: Salt, Natural Resources, Local Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Wetlands
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Bats have their benefits
Editor:
After reading your recent article onbats reported at apartment complexes in Aberdeen, for the sake of balance in your paper as well as the ecosystem, please publish thatbats come with benefits too.
Bats eat tons of mosquitos, preventing the...Tags: Maryland, White Nose Syndrome, Diseases and Illnesses
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Ask Outdoors Girl
Nancy Colvin of Stoneleigh writes: Do you have any idea where the blue jays have gone? Since the avian flu came through here several years ago, it seems that there are few blue jays, though I did see a couple in Westchester County, N.Y., during a recent...Tags: Maryland, Bird Flu, Diseases and Illnesses
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A fly-by-night assault on mosquitoes
Sun StaffThe sun begins its descent toward distant pines as Paul Nuwer taxis the white, twin-engine turboprop plane onto Runway 3-4 at Cambridge Dorchester Municipal Airport. Nuwer revs the engines to 42,000 rpm, releases the brake and accelerates the aircraft to...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Agricultural Research and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, Inorganic Chemicals, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Death of woman, 87, thought to be state's first 2002 West Nile fatality
Sun StaffAn 87-year-old Montgomery County woman has become the first Maryland resident to die this year from an illness attributed to the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. The unidentified Bethesda woman died Tuesday of encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain,...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Brain, Viral Diseases and Infections, Death
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Raptors' die-off spreads fears of West Nile virus
Sun StaffANTIGO, Wis. - In an old incubator salvaged from a hospital nursery, a young red-tailed hawk lies flat on its belly, swaddled in a white terrycloth towel and a pink blanket. Except for the rise and fall of its body as it breathes, the bird is utterly...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pathology, University of Minnesota, Nature
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West Nile found in 3 more birds
Sun StaffState health officials said yesterday that three dead crows in Baltimore County have tested positive for West Nile virus, bringing the total for Maryland this year to 109. The first crow to test positive in the county this year was found in the 6300...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Baltimore County, Catonsville, Pikesville
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West Nile cases expected to decrease
Associated PressJACKSON, Miss. - In 1975, an outbreak of the mosquito-borne St. Louis encephalitis spread through 29 states, killing 95 people and infecting about 3,000 others. The next year, infection rates were down, and they have stayed down. Health officials...Tags: Brain, Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Death
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City man may be 1st case of W. Nile
Sun StaffAn 80-year-old Baltimore man stricken by a brain inflammation late last month is Maryland's first probable case of West Nile virus infection this year. The man, who was not identified, lives in the 2200 block of Linden Ave., near Druid Hill Park. He...Tags: Druid Hill, Brain, Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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