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BugZing Signs Exclusive Sales Distribution Deal with Maxx Cleanup Inc.
We are excited to announce that BugZing has reached an exclusive distribution deal for the South Pacific with Maxx Cleanup, a California company. The distribution region covers the Territories of American Samoa, Australia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands,...
NM-made mosquito repellent edges toward sales
Albuquerque Journal - August 15, 2016 Tucumcari-based inventor Robert Hockaday has created a new, wearable mosquito-repelling device that could take the bite out of today’s growing Zika virus. Hockaday, a physicist, mechanical engineer and all-round inventor, created...
NMSU researcher collaborates with company
A New Mexico State University professor is collaborating with a New Mexico company and Arrowhead Center through the New Mexico Small Business Assistance program to test the efficacy of a mosquito repellent wristband that promises to be more effective than other...
U.S. officials warn Zika ‘scarier’ than initially thought
Reuters Mon Apr 11, 2016 4:57pm EDT Top health officials expressed heightened concern on Monday about the threat posed to the United States by the Zika virus, saying the mosquito that spreads it is now present in about 30 states and hundreds of thousands of infections...
Brazilian Health Officials: Don’t get pregnant
Rio de Janeiro (CNN), December 23, 2015 That's the message for would-be parents, especially in the country's northeast, after officials linked a mosquito-borne virus called Zika to a surge in newborn microcephaly, a neurological disorder that can result in...