Bay Area officials are urging residents to clear their yards of any items that hold standing water, as the non-native yellow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in northwestern Africa, a high-pitched hum pierces the moist forest. It is the mosquito Aedes aegypti, laying its eggs inside ...

State tracking shows the mosquito has been documented across a wide swath of California, including Santa Clara, Alameda, ...

Complaints of invasive, day-biting Aedes mosquitoes are beginning to rise across Ventura County, spurring recommendations for people to drain standing water outside their homes and take other measures ...

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 being ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Health Authority, Jackson County Vector Control and Jackson County Public Health Division have confirmed the identification of Aedes aegypti (Ae. Aegypti) mosquitoes ...

Dengue is a mosquito-borne virus affecting millions of people each year, with symptoms ranging from flu-like illness to severe bleeding and organ failure. Scientists are now using Wolbachia, a ...

Irked residents across Southern California have recently complained to their vector control districts about an onslaught of ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in ...

After a harsh winter in DC, the forecast is finally showing warmer days on the horizon. But balmy weather brings its own ...

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 ...