In early July, New York City health officials conducting routine tests on the city’s mosquito population found a concerningly ...
After they're separated with tweezers, mosquitoes are counted and a portion are sent to a state lab in Albany.
Summer's here, and that means mosquitoes. Can color help in the fight against these buzzing pests? A team of researchers says ...
Pryde. West Nile virus is spread through the bite of a Culex mosquito which has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird. Common symptoms of West Nile Virus include fever, nausea ...
WNV circulates in the environment between mosquitoes (primarily Culex species) and birds. People become infected with the virus when mosquitoes feed on infected birds and then bite people.
Aedes mosquitoes capable of carrying a range of harmful viruses are moving to new areas with climate change (Credit: Getty Images) West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), malaria and ...
PLYMOUTH — Mosquito curfews have upended the high school sports season this fall, taking a bite out of Friday night lights, a bright spot on the school calendar. With several Massachusetts ...
Frisco has confirmed four mosquito pools positive for West Nile virus and will start ground spraying to address it.
PROVIDENCE — Even as cooler, fall weather has moved into Rhode Island, mosquito-borne illnesses are still being detected in the latest samples collected by the state, environmental and public ...
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, also transmitted by mosquitoes, has been reported in four states and has caused one death. Both viruses cause flu-like symptoms, and usually resolve on ...
Willeford said the Culex pipiens mosquito is the most common species associated with WNV.Eight in 10 people who become infected with WNV do not have symptoms. One in five will develop a mild or ...