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We've grown accustomed to these aggressive ankle-biting insects. But the presence of the Aedes mosquito is giving dengue fever a chance to establish a new home. "The cluster of locally acquired ...

Jennifer White, a New York state epidemiologist, has a reminder as summer’s end approaches: “It may be pumpkin spice season, but it’s not the end of mosquito season.” August and ...

Public health officials said at least three people apparently became ill with dengue this month after being bitten by mosquitoes in the Baldwin Park neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles. “This is ...

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Two more cases of the mosquito-borne dengue virus were confirmed Wednesday in Baldwin Park, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Including the case announced last week ...

Are they the product of an experiment? A rumor that the bugs were created by the University of Florida as an experiment to control mosquitoes has persisted for years. That's not true. "If science ...

Do this for a week or until rainfall returns. Q: Recently, we have noticed giant mosquitoes in our backyard. These mosquitoes are much larger than normal mosquitoes and seem to be 1 to 2 inches in ...

Concerns over mosquito-borne illnesses remain at the forefront for New Hampshire public health officials, and the risk will remain until there is a hard frost. Eastern equine encephalitis has been ...

CONCORD - The town of Concord, Massachusetts sprayed a playground and field Thursday night after the potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE virus, was confirmed in mosquito samples.