Mosquito-borne diseases include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, Chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika. Image Credit: mycteria / Shutterstock. Image Credit: mycteria / Shutterstock Background ...

Two types of mosquito known to carry dengue and yellow fever - tropical illnesses rarely seen in California - have been spotted around the state, including San Mateo County, and now vector control ...

Yellow fever mosquitoes are very small (about 1/4 inch), with black bodies and white stripes. First introduced to Southern California more than a decade ago, ...

Invasive species of mosquito invades San Joaquin County 02:39. MANTECA — Eggs of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, commonly known as the "yellow fever" mosquito, have been discovered in Manteca for ...

"Sometimes people ask me, 'Hey, Doc, what scares you more than anything else?' And often they’re surprised when I say yellow fever." ...

Yellow fever — a mosquito-spread disease named for the jaundice severe forms can cause — may soon return to the Southern United States. This is the warning of public health experts, who note ...