India is on track to be declared free of Kala Azar by 2024, achieving elimination targets set by WHO after decades of efforts against the deadly disease.

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While Quebec’s outbreak has expanded to 33 million acres, forcing it to spray 2 million acres of trees last year, New Brunswick’s early intervention strategy has resulted in a 68% decrease in ...

Nasal sprays are available by prescription or over the counter (OTC). Most products come in a hand-operated pump bottle or squeeze bottle. Knowing how to use a nasal spray is important, as doing it ...

Area spraying (from Airplanes or trucks) is expensive, inefficient and may be self-defeating: some of the Anopheles develop resistance to DDT, thereafter thrive in its presence. The Pause That ...

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden ...

A study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden reveals that biochar can significantly reduce DDT contamination in soil. Field experiments at a former tree nursery showed that ...

The activists said the 19th-Century biologist "would be turning in that grave" over climate change Two women have been arrested after climate protesters spray-painted over the grave of Charles ...

There are few things more dispiriting than wearing a new pair of shoes on a bad weather day, then coming home and finding water stains or rings of road salt once they’ve dried. Although there ...

Bald Eagle. Image via Depositphotos. In the 1940s, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) emerged as a revolutionary pesticide. It was hailed as a wonder chemical for ...