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Stinky sock smell versus death

A mosquito from the storm drain near Brenda DeCuypere's home makes a meal of a visitor invading its domain on Aug. 6, 1997, in Newport News, Va. Decuypere says the mosquitos have been especially bad this year around her home. Areas like a ditch or storm drain offer mosquitoes a refuge in which to live and reproduce. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Adrin Snider) (AP)
A mosquito from the storm drain near Brenda DeCuypere's home makes a meal of a visitor invading its domain on Aug. 6, 1997, in Newport News, Va. Decuypere says the mosquitos have been especially bad this year around her home. Areas like a ditch or storm drain offer mosquitoes a refuge in which to live and reproduce. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Adrin Snider) (AP)

Malaria is a huge killer globally. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been aggressive about ways to stop mosquitos from biting people and infecting them. Bed nets has been one great solution. And now, scientists will try to make better traps, using stinky feet smell. Here's an excerpt from an Associated Press story:

Dr. Fredros Okumu, the head of the research project at Tanzania's Ifakara Health Institute, says that traps scented with the odor of human feet may be the answer as they attract four times as many mosquitoes as a human volunteer. The mosquitoes who fly into the trap are then poisoned.

Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.