By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Rather than being considered a miracle pill that magically takes away pain, prescription opioids are increasingly being seen as a precursor to heroin addiction and the cause of potentially deadly overdoses themselves. However, select patients do still…
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a principal vector of the Zika virus. Photo by Gabe Hamer. Texas A&M AgriLife recently received a substantial monetary boost to bolster its aggressive fight to stem the spread of vector-borne diseases for the public good, said Dr. David Ragsdale, Texas A&M University entomology…
