{"id":111024,"date":"2026-07-31T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=111024"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:37:21","slug":"in-the-news-mosquito-season-returns-and-healthy-habits-for-kindergartners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/07\/in-the-news-mosquito-season-returns-and-healthy-habits-for-kindergartners\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news: Mosquito season returns and healthy habits for kindergartners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, a Brock University expert discussed concerns over West Nile virus that accompany the return of mosquito season. Also covered in the media were summertime habits that can help set kindergartners up for success at school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experts say Toronto could see a particularly challenging mosquito season: <\/strong>Professor of Biological Sciences Fiona Hunter spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/its-the-start-of-mosquito-season-in-toronto-what-does-that-mean-for-west-nile-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/07\/31\/its-the-start-of-mosquito-season-in-toronto-what-does-that-mean-for-west-nile-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CP24<\/a> about the start of this year\u2019s mosquito season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthy summer habits can ease the transition to kindergarten<\/strong>: Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Yvonne Messenger\u2019s insights into the summer habits that help kindergartners was covered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notllocal.com\/local-news\/healthy-summer-habits-can-ease-the-transition-to-kindergarten-brock-researcher-12606425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, a Brock University expert discussed concerns over West Nile virus that accompany the return of mosquito season. Also covered in the media were summertime habits that can help set kindergartners up for success at school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111024"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111029,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111024\/revisions\/111029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}