Under Warming Scenarios The World's Peoples May Face Increased Exposure To Diseases Of Insect Origin.

The Cicadas Are Foreshadowing Our Future With More--and More Dangerous--Insect Swarms by Bryan Walsh.  Yahoo!News.  May 12, 2021.   

Seasonal Allegeries: A Model Of Health Impacts Of Climate Change

It's Not Your Imagination.  Allergy Season Gets Worse Every Years by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  April 8, 2019. 

New Tick Species Capable Of Spreading Diseases To Humans Found In Southeast

CDC Warns Of New Tick Species Capable Of Spreading Diseases To Humans by John Bowden.  The Hill.  November 29, 2018. 

The Three Factors That Determine Risk Of Lyme Disease

Ticks And Lyme Disease:  3 Factors Determine Risk Of Infection by Paul Chisholm.  NPR.  July 24, 2018. 

Infectious Msosquitoes Are Turning Up In New Regions

Infectious Mosquitoes Are Turning Up In New Regions by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  September 7, 2017. 

West Nile, Not Zika, Appears To Be The Real Killer

Freaking Out About Zika Virus?  West Nile Is The Real Killer by Sean Cockerham/Medicalxpress. September 5, 2016.  

Global Warming Could Lead To Mosquitos And Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Zika Outbreak Could Be An Omen Of The Global Warming Threat by Justin Gillis.  The New York Times.  February 18, 2016

Growing List Of Tick-Borne Illnesses

Beyond Lyme Disease, Research Highlights Growing List Of Tick Borne Illnesses.  The Associated Press/CBC.  June 9, 2015. 

Diseases Associated With Tick Bites Get New Emphasis; Lyme Disease Is Just A Small Part Of The Problem

New Hopkins Center To Focus On Lyme Disease by Meredith Cohn.  The Baltimore Sun.  May 25, 2015. 

Roaches Change Body Chemistry To Survive; How They Do It May Hold Key To Malaria Spread

Wily Cockroaches Find Another Survival Trick:  Laying Off The Sweets by James Gorman.  The New York Times.  May 23, 2013.

(1)  Some populations of cockroaches have _________________ so that substance used to attract them to poisons,  the sweet -tasting ______________, tastes bitter.

(2)  This avoidance of glucose was __________, not _________.

(3)  What are two theories of the genetic mutation that occurred?

(4)  What significance could this research have for the spread of malaria?

Self-Medication Among Animals And Insects Is Widespread And May Offer Clues To Human Treatments

Self-Medication In Animals Much More Widespread Than Believed.  Science Daily.  April 11, 2013.

A question from a researcher:  "When we watch animals foraging for food in nature, we now have to ask are they visiting the grocery store or are they visiting the pharmacy?"

Another fascinating idea from this line of research:  Perhaps the lack of immune-system genes in honeybees results from their use of antimicrobial resins into the structure of their nests.