Why diseases like Zika could unfairly target America’s poor
Friday Mar 18th, 2016
“PLEASE DON’T PUT GARBAGE HERE,” says a sign in a rundown alley in the Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park neighborhood, where more than a third of the homes stand abandoned.
It doesn’t seem to be working. Nearby, a barking stray dog guards an enormous, sprawling pile of trash, featuring everything from an old mattress and dresser to soda cans and a laundry detergent jug.
As if the decay and crime of West Baltimore aren’t bad enough, this neighborhood faces another menace as the weather begins to warm — mosquitoes, including types that can transmit diseases such as dengue, the chikungunya virus and Zika.
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