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Ankle-hungry mosquitoes are plaguing Southern California

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Ankle-hungry mosquitoes are plaguing Southern California

Southern California is plagued by a tropical mosquito with a hunger for human ankles.  The Aedes mosquito originates from a tropical climate, arrived in California over a decade ago and has now spread to every continent in the world.  The insects appear to have migrated to southern California this summer near the San Fernando Valley … Read more

Experts anticipate dual Covid AND flu outbreak as influenza cases begin to rise in southern states 

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Experts anticipate dual Covid AND flu outbreak as influenza cases begin to rise in southern states 

Both Covid and flu could surge this winter causing a dreaded ‘twindemic’, experts fear — with some southern states already feeling the early stages of an influenza resurgence. The flu was largely wiped out over the past two years of the pandemic when lockdowns, working from home and the far more transmissible coronavirus limited its … Read more