Researchers used Pavlovian conditioning to test whether DEET repels mosquitoes.

A species of invasive, "aggressive" mosquitoes known for transmitting yellow fever is spreading in California, according to local health officials. Multiple counties across the state, including Contra ...

Yellow fever, dengue Fever, Zika, those are serious diseases that usually occur in far-away tropical environments, but Contra Costa County officials sounded the alarm that the mosquitoes that transmit ...

CONCORD -- The yellow fever mosquito, an invasive species that bites during the day, has been confirmed in Contra Costa County, the Mosquito and Vector Control District said Friday. The district, ...

San Mateo County health officials are warning residents that the type of mosquito that can carry yellow fever has been found in several spots around Menlo Park. Fourteen larvae and three adult “yellow ...

Contra Costa County will spray part of Antioch this week for invasive yellow fever mosquitoes. The county's mosquito and vector control district will go after the day-biting mosquito species, known as ...

While the findings suggest some mosquitoes are adapting, the study's authors stress that DEET remains an effective insect repellent.

Another “yellow fever mosquito” has been found in Chula Vista, near the place where the potentially dangerous mosquitoes were found last October. The Aedes aegypti mosquito was discovered in an office ...

Uganda will now require everyone traveling to and from the country to have a yellow fever vaccination card as an ...