Named "the world’s deadliest animal" by the CDC, mosquitoes kill more people than any other creature in the world. Mosquito-borne illnesses, including a rise in and the chikungunya virus and the ...

As the sweltering Florida summer truly takes hold, bringing with it the peak of mosquito season, health officials across the state and the country are sounding the alarm. This year, however, the ...

Across California, public health and pest control authorities are facing a new reality as invasive Aedes mosquitoes bring the threat of dengue and potentially other tropical diseases. (Moment/Getty ...

To combat a dengue outbreak, a village in the Philippines' densely populated capital region is offering a bounty of one Philippines peso for every five mosquitoes residents turn in. At least 28,234 ...

Released in phases, with citywide coverage completed in 2023, the infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have helped protect Niterói’s residents against dengue year after year, Anders said in her talk.

The fear of a dengue outbreak has intensified in recent weeks, especially as cases of chikungunya have surged in Tamil Nadu.

There are factories in Brazil where one of the most reviled creatures known to humans is being bred intentionally by the millions - mosquitoes. Now, the folks who work in these high-tech factories ...

Ventura County public health officials are preparing for the possibility the dengue virus could emerge locally, carried by day-biting mosquitoes that feast on people’s ankles. For years, all of the ...

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year of historic rates of dengue. And with climate change, the lack of an ...

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has identified a travel-related case of Zika virus and a separate travel-related case of ...

A global study links low vitamin D levels to more severe dengue outcomes, raising concern for India, where both conditions ...