For the first time, thousands of live mosquitoes are being released in a Sacramento neighborhood to help prevent disease.

If you've spent time outdoors, chances are you've had a run-in with a mosquito. Beyond being pests, mosquitoes can cause itchy bites and carry infectious diseases. That's because when mosquitos ...

Symptoms may include fever. headaches, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or rash. in rare cases, West Nile virus can be fatal. A resident of Mt. Helix died of West Nile virus several years ...

How can a mosquito make you sick? The workings of a tiny vector. It weighs barely a few milligrams, flies relatively quietly, and yet is responsible for millions of illnesses each year: ...

Austin Public Health issued a reminder this week urging people to take precautions against mosquitoes, as wet weather ...

Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus. CDC says 1 ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research ...

Mosquito bites are much more than just a red and itchy summertime nuisance. The diseases that they carry are notoriously ...

Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization, and the ...

Buying birdbaths isn't simply about finding a pretty one you like. Birdbaths come in a wide variety of styles and materials, each with its own pros and cons.

For the first time in six years, the Zika virus has been detected on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. The virus was brought to ...