Orange and Los Angeles counties are catching West Nile virus activity early in the season and urging residents to avoid getting bit.

Human health doesn’t exist in a vacuum. We’re impacted by everything in our immediate surroundings, from the catastrophic effects of weather to the tiniest bug bite. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control ...

Last year, a Tacoma woman may have been the first person to contract malaria from within the state of Washington. Health officials sought to assure the public in an announcement that malaria ...

As climate change makes these areas warmer and wetter, their ranges are expanding—and any diseases they carry come with them.

West Nile Virus was once a nominal concern for Utahns but since August 2003, when it was first detected in the Beehive State, infections in Utah residents have steadily risen. "West Nile Virus or WNV ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Under a microscope, a mosquito can look stunning. Their blue-green iridescent scales, ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue virus has mostly been considered an urban mosquito, but a new study of rural communities in the Peruvian Amazon suggests that pattern appears to be ...

The verdict is in! Scientists have cleared mosquitoes of any responsibility in the spread of Lyme disease, and say ticks are solely to blame for the pervasive disease. Many patients of Lyme disease do ...

Mosquitos in the Pittsburgh area tested positive for West Nile Virus. These are the symptoms and how you can prevent it.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Driven by climate change, population mobility and global trade, mosquito-borne diseases are extending beyond ...

In many urban areas, low-income neighborhoods have more mosquitoes, making residents more vulnerable to mosquito-borne ...

San Francisco's infectious disease experts explain.