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Marshy Areas To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses This Week

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.Weather permitting, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key mosquito breeding locations in three marshy areas and non-residential Brooklyn zip codes beginning tomorrow, from 6am to 7pm. An

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Eleven Brooklyn Zip Codes To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses Tonight

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.[This story was updated to include zipcode 11226 at 8:15pm on 9/21/16.] Assuming pesticide-permitting weather, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key mosquito breeding locations

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11 Brooklyn Zip Codes To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses Tonight

Assuming pesticide-permitting weather, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key mosquito breeding locations in a variety of residential Brooklyn zip codes beginning tonight, from 10 p.m. till 6 a.m. The intent is to reduce the number of mosquitos and subsequently the risk

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NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.

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NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed Tuesday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.

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NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.

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NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo:JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com]via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.

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NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo:JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com]via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.

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NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo:JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com]via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed today that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.

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Pooling Water At Abandoned Bath Beach Construction Site Poses Public Health Risk [UPDATED]

Photo by CouncilmanMark Treyger/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/mark.treyger/posts/10210577341019889?pnref=story.unseen-section] An abandoned construction site in Bath Beach has been pooling with rainwater for more than a year, posing a health risk for residents, according to neighbors and elected officials. Since at least October of

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FYI: Pesticide Spraying Tonight To Target West Nile Virus Spread In Park Slope Areas

Image via NYC Department of Health [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml]Park Slope residents, take note: the city will be spraying mosquito-targeting pesticides tonight in an effort to curb the spread of West Nile Virus [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/environmental/wnv-home.shtml]

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Tomorrow: Southern Brooklyn To Be Sprayed For West Nile-Carrying Mosquitoes

Map courtesy of Department of HealthIt is peak mosquito season, and this summer, many of the little buggers are carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus, health officials warned this week. Neighbors are advised to stay indoors tomorrow night as pesticide trucks spray down Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods where the disease-carrying

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West Nile Pesticide Spraying In Our Area Tonight

The Department of Health says it will be spraying pesticides to reduce mosquito activity and the risk of the West Nile virus in Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, and surrounding areas tonight, Tuesday, September 16 between 8pm and 6am. If this morning’s rain continues, the spraying will be postponed until

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West Nile Spraying Happening In Our Area Tonight

The city Department of Health will be spraying mosquito-killing pesticides throughout parts of our neighborhood tonight, between 8:15pm and 6am – which was supposed to happen last week [/blog/health/west-nile-spraying-in-our-area-tonight-what-to-do] but ended up being canceled because of the rain, according to a DOH spokeswoman. The area to be sprayed

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The Day: A Summer Movie Screening and Local Politics

Living Colour enthralled people who attended Afropunk Fest last weekend in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Fransisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Yesterday brought us a mixed bag of sunny skies and intermittent afternoon thunderstorms, but we should be spared any

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West Nile Virus Found In Greenwood Heights Mosquitos

We’re at the height of mosquito season here in NYC, and according to a new map [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2013/wnv-map-city-20130809.pdf] from the Department of Health, mosquitos carrying the West Nile Virus [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/environmental/wnv-home.shtml]

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Local Elderly Woman Admitted To Hospital With West Nile Virus

Source: US Department of Agriculture via Wikimedia CommonsBean reporter Elle Spektor pointed us to the story of a 72-year-old woman who was infected with encephalitis, or the West Nile Virus. Virginia DiCosmo was admitted to the hospital on September 11, according to Carol DiCosmo, her daughter, as reported My Fox

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West Nile Found In Gravesend, Marine Park

Look at this asshole. Why did nature allow this? (Source: kainet/Flickr) Bensonhurst Bean has picked up a story from NY1 [http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/145276/doh--west-nile-virus-detected-in-brooklyn-mosquitoes] , revealing that West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Marine Park and Gravesend, among several other Brooklyn neighborhoods.

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West Nile Spraying Tonight: What To Do

Look at that map. If you live or work in or near any of the yellow-shaded areas, then the city will be spraying chemicals to kill mosquitoes on your block. Spraying will begin tonight at 8:00 p.m. and continue until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Like any