Smith’s Pest Management conducted a survey of 3,160 households across the U.S. to find out if they have seen an increase in pest activity over the last few months. November 6, 2020 Posted by the PCT Staff Research SAN JOSE, Calif. –...
Read moreFlorida Teen Tests Positive for Mosquito-Borne Keystone Virus
Researchers from the University of Florida have confirmed that the virus called Keystone made the jump from infecting only animals to infecting humans, Tech Times reported.In a report published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases on June...
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(RNN) – The mosquito-borne Keystone virus has been detected in a person for the first time, after it was confirmed a teenager in northern Florida tested positive. The teenage boy went to an emergency care center...
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Coyotes in Charlotte? 2014
As Channel 9 first reported Monday, a coyote killed a cat in the Selwyn Farms neighborhood. And now, the county said you shouldn’t be surprised to see a coyote in Uptown! Pest Control Authority trapper Josh Handy said he has trapped...
Read moreLonghorned tick called serious livestock pest found in Polk Count
RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS) — A new species of tick has found its way to North Carolina. Recent tick surveys sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture found the Longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) on an opossum in Polk County.The tick has...
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