Sterile Insect Technique
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healthFrance Deploys Millions of Sterile Mosquitoes to Combat Disease Vectors
French biotech firm Terratis is scaling sterile insect releases in Montpellier to suppress tiger mosquito populations and prevent dengue and Zika transmission without chemicals or genetic modification.
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healthUS Deploys Sterile Flies and Sniffer Dogs to Fight Screwworm Outbreak
US officials outline a plan to combat the first New World Screwworm outbreak in 60 years, using sterile flies and detection dogs.
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healthFlesh-Eating Screwworm Threat Resurfaces in South Texas
A suspected screwworm infection in South Texas cattle raises alarm, decades after eradication.