Flooding could increase Zika risk in Louisiana
Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, discusses the possibility that the recent flooding in southeastern Louisiana could increase the number of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry the Zika virus and West Nile, in the region in the coming weeks. USA Today: http://usat.ly/2b6hKHd.
Saudi Arabia Output Sets Record
OPEC says the kingdom's July output rose to nearly 11 million barrels as it focused on market share over prices, The Wall Street Journal Reports.
“It almost seems like the stars are aligning for some sort of Iranian-Saudi cooperation,” said Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies. “Their interests are converging.”
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required): http://on.wsj.com/2aQeSO6.
Bush Calls on Texas GOP to back Trump
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has decided to support Donald Trump for president. Political science fellow Mark P. Jones comments in the Houston Chronicle: http://bit.ly/2bcgy5M.
Regional differences in Texas Cancer Treatment
There might seem no better place for cancer care than Houston, but a new Baker Insitute study found that treatment of the disease is a toss up in all Texas regions. The study's co-author Vivian Ho, director of the Center for Health and Biosciences, discusses the findings. Houston Chronicle: http://bit.ly/2b5Lqpl