As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

There's personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair. And all it takes to woo a male is the ...

Scientists are exploring a novel approach to combat mosquito-borne diseases like dengue by targeting their mating process. By genetically altering male mosquitoes, researchers have successfully ...

YOU. JESSE MICHELLE ALL RIGHT, STU, THANK YOU. MEANTIME, VOLUSIA COUNTY CREWS WILL NOW START ATTACKING MOSQUITOES FROM THE AIR AFTER AN INCREASE POST HURRICANE MILTON. WESH 2’S PAMELA COMME ...

A non-native mosquito capable of spreading diseases and hasn't been seen in Alameda County for a decade has been found in a Pleasanton neighborhood, county officials said Thursday. Residents are ...

Mosquitoes only need a teaspoon of water to breed but Hurricane Milton left large flooded areas, spiking an increase in the bug population that has officials from Volusia and Flagler counties ...

A Connecticut father died Monday — five years after he was bitten by an infected mosquito while clearing brush in his wooded backyard. Richard Pawulski, 49, was killed from complications of ...

Many of the dangers are minuscule, including bacteria, chemicals and the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes. Vibrios, a naturally occurring bacteria that lives in seawater, can cause skin ...

THERE ARE STILL HEALTH HAZARDS. MANY OF THEM CAUSED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM EXPLODING MOSQUITO POPULATIONS TO BACTERIA IN THE FLOOD WATER. WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL LOOKS AT BEST EFFORTS TO KEEP ...