Tag: percent-drop

  • Mosquito traps laced with human scent help fight malaria

    Dutch and Kenyan scientists have designed a unique mosquito trap which uses human odour to attract the malaria-carrying insects, helping cut the number of cases dramatically, researchers said Wednesday. A three-year study in Kenya found the special traps baited with synthetic smell helped to catch 70 percent of the local malaria mosquito population, and led…

  • Consumer groups press Yum’s KFC to tighten antibiotic rules

    By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Consumer groups will deliver a petition from more than 350,000 people to the KFC restaurant chain on Wednesday, calling on the Yum Brands Inc unit to stop the routine use of antibiotics by the companies that supply its chicken. Several fast-food restaurants, which have been under fire for…