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The goal of this event is to honor the life of Sujal Parikh and to carry on his vision by bringing together a community to advance health and social justice. Themes for the symposium include curricula as an agent for social change, defining health equity, and innovations in global engagement. Date: March 26th, 2011 Location: [...]

6,000 Aedes mosquitoes (the species that transmits dengue) were released in an uninhabited site in the center of the country. The purpose of the field trial is to study the dispersal and life span of these modified mosquitoes under natural conditions. The idea is simple:  replace natural mosquitoes with insects engineered to be either resistant [...]