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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 ...
Deep in rural Costa Rica, Stanford researcher Dr. Erin Mordecai's team is busy collecting mosquitoes. Literally vacuuming them off the dense tropical foliage. It's typical of the fieldwork that's ...
Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired case of dengue fever this year in Hillsborough County.
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.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The Aedes aegypti mosquito was first found in Santa Clara County in 2022, when two were located in North San Jose. Now, the species is back and there's real concern over ...
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 ...
So both Aedes aegypti, Zika’s Most Wanted, and Aedes albopictus, the sidekick, are seriously hard to fight. And Congress hasn’t funded that fight, which puts the U.S. at a disadvantage.