New research shows that it's possible to end the practice of using people as 'human bait' to catch and test the blackflies ...
Conditions are changing in a way that creates the ideal conditions for diseases to spread. Scientists issue critical warning ...
A fungal infection solution could help eliminate up to 86% of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, offering a powerful new tool in ...
A study of mosquitoes’ circadian rhythms finds they hunt differently at different times of day. It could help stop their ...
For starters, a mosquito can transmit pathogens at the probing stage, which happens before it starts feeding. "It kind of ...
The number of mosquitoes infected with potentially deadly viruses has been increasing in Luzerne County, researchers have found. Staffers with Luzerne Conservation District’s Mosquito-Born Disease ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - While we hope mosquitoes won’t be a problem much longer this season, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services wants you to keep an eye out for them after a horse tested ...
Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on animals carrying the virus in their blood, then transmit it to other animals through their bites. In Aedes mosquitoes, vertical transmission – from ...
Marc Souris receives funding from ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France) and IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le développement). Rift Valley fever is a zoonosis (a disease affecting animals ...
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A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn’t been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ...
Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. The Fulton County Board of Health is asking residents to help ...