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Can insects transmit coronavirus?

May 12, 2020

Covid-19 and other coronaviruses like SARS and MERS are spread from person to person through tiny viral droplets, not through blood.

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Are Oklahomans at risk for EEE virus?

October 25, 2019

A dangerous mosquito-borne virus making the news recently is EEE, or Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Should Oklahomans take precations?

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Debugging: How to avoid insect-borne diseases

May 22, 2018

The CDC reports that the number of Americans infected by insect-borne illnesses has more than tripled since 2004.

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Zika virus: What Oklahomans need to know

February 2, 2016

How can you best protect yourself from the Zika virus?

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The science of West Nile virus

August 16, 2012

Area West Nile deaths prompt extra precaution for those at high risk

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