West Nile — Vax-Before-Travel

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Dec 2

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Texas Reports 120th West Nile Virus Case During 2018

West Nile virus vaccine candidate HydroVax-001 is in phase 1 clinical trial

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Nov 28

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Google Eradicates 95% of Infectious Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes in Fresno

Verily Life Sciences 'Debug Fresno' partners, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District and MosquitoMate reduced the number of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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Nov 20

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Florida Reports 1st Local Dengue Virus Case

Dengue virus cases in Florida are primarily travel related

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Oct 18

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West Nile Cases Spiked 83% During September

HydroVax-001 West Nile Virus inactivated vaccine, alum-adsorbed is in phase 1 clinical trial at Duke University

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Sep 21

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Coconut Oil vs DEET

Fatty acids from coconut oil matched DEET in repelling mosquitoes known to transmit yellow fever, malaria, and Zika viruses

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