Primum non nocere.
First, do no harm.
Mosticare operates as a coalition with two arms working in lockstep: a non-profit foundation and a for-profit agency. Both are bound by the same oath — the one transferred intact from medicine into every endeavor that claims to protect human health.
It is not a slogan. It is the filter through which every product we sell, every article we publish, and every recommendation we issue must pass. If a sentence cannot survive that filter, it does not leave the building.
We will not be polite about snake oil.
The mosquito-protection aisle is dominated by products that range from ineffective to actively harmful. The public has a right to know — and a right to a credible alternative.
Spraying the Mediterranean with insecticide is not a strategy. It is an admission of failure.The environment counts as a patient.
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Dengue confirmed in Alpes-Maritimes: what the cluster tells us about Aedes albopictus in southern Europe.
Three locally-acquired cases, one hospitalisation. Genotype matches the southeast-Asian lineage circulating since 2024. Environmental conditions, surveillance response, and what it means for travellers, residents, and public-health authorities through the summer.