Mosquito control officials recently sprayed ... trash cans and plastic swimming pools. The county uses helicopters to kill adult mosquitoes with the pesticide malathion, Lesser said.

For people with a mosquito bite allergy, also known as "skeeter syndrome," symptoms are more severe than the itchy red bump of a mosquito bite. They can include a rash, large areas of excessive ...

Helicopters will transport researchers and their supplies in efforts to reduce crucial time away from fieldwork with the ...

Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy: genetically engineered fungi that spread through mating. This strategy offers hope for reducing malaria in high-risk regions.

The Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project blessed helicopters this week as the annual field season commences efforts to save ...

Mosquito-borne virus cases almost tripled across Queensland in 2024 amid surges in cases of Ross River virus and potentially deadly dengue fever. Queensland Health recorded 3,225 cases ...

An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...

Typically, the annual blessings are conducted at Kōkeʻe, near the Alaka‘i Plateau where, for nearly 20 years, staff from the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project have worked to save the island’s native ...

This season, helicopters are being used to tackle the mosquito population, which spreads avian malaria that affects native bird species. The aerial strategy includes releasing genetically modified ...

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Except when those come in the form of insect bite marks or, even worse, a mosquito-borne disease. Having experienced the former on almost every holiday to date and the latter (alongside an ...