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"If Aedes aegypti becomes established in Alameda County, it can threaten public health and diminish quality of life," the ...
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread across Las Vegas, prompting concerns over disease transmission and resistance to insecticides ...
The Aedes aegypti mosquito has rapidly expanded its territory across Southern Nevada. What started as a presence in just two ...
As international headlines focus on a fast-moving chikungunya outbreak in southern China that has sickened thousands, Florida ...
Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired case of dengue fever this year in Hillsborough County.
Researchers in a lab at Stanford University are focused on a tiny predator that has an enormous, and sometimes deadly impact ...
Mosquitoes may be small, but the diseases they spread pose some of the gravest threats to human health. Known as the ...
The study found that the Aedes mosquito can survive equally well at 95.83 percent in rainwater, brackish water, seawater, and drain water, with a slightly lower survival of 92 percent in sewer water.
There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far.
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus causing fever, severe joint pain, rash, and muscle aches, mainly ...
The UK's Health Security Agency has advised overseas travelers to take precautions to avoid contracting the potentially ...
Mainland France recorded its earliest-ever local chikungunya outbreaks in May 2025, with 10 clusters (27 cases) across five ...