It is transmitted principally by Culex mosquitoes. Birds are the reservoir for the virus and mosquitoes acquire the virus when they feed on infected birds. Depending on the strain of the virus and the ...

Again, this species is not for sure established in ... week lifespan within 50 feet of where it hatched, unlike the Culex ...

Hand crews descended on a residential neighborhood in Oceanside Tuesday morning, spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes after ...

Mosquito season is getting longer across the U.S. due to climate change. The CDC says mosquitos are the world's deadliest ...

Experts say that infection rates in Canada for mosquito-borne diseases are relatively low, but evolving environmental factors — including climate change — mean people should still take precautions to ...

While there is no vaccine available to prevent the spread of West Nile in humans, people can take protective measures to try ...

Mosquito control districts around the state work summer through fall to trap mosquitoes and send them to a diagnostics lab at ...

MIDLAND, Texas — On Aug. 29, the first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Midland County was reported. The following days, areas across the Permian Basin experienced heavy rainfall that left ...

Diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue are becoming increasingly common as the insects that spread them move north.

Jackson County Vector Control and Jackson County Public Health Division have confirmed the identification of Aedes aegypti ...

With infections set to rise in coming years, a vaccine for the virus is available for horses but nothing is approved for ...