Image: DeBeaubien and Chandel et al. Behold and cower at the sight of a human arm as seen by a mosquito. That’s right: the bloodsuckers rely on thermal infrared to find a good spot to bite ...
Mosquito season starts in March and can last until as late as November in some states. That means it's still peak mosquito season right now. If you're like me, you get frustrated by the number ...
The U.S. has seen an increase in mosquito-borne illnesses in recent years, and some of these infections can have serious side effects, such as coma, seizures and even death. West Nile, dengue and ...
As global temperatures rise due to climate change, mosquito season has lengthened across much of the contiguous United States, a development that scientists warn could heighten the risk of ...
Diseases caused by mosquito bites are on the rise. Recently, a New Hampshire resident died of a rare but serious mosquito-borne illness, and infectious-diseases expert Anthony S. Fauci was ...
It’s a bad year for mosquito-borne illnesses: Mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis are prompting people in Massachusetts to stay indoors at night. Dr. Anthony Fauci was recently ...
Four Massachusetts towns — Douglas, Oxford, Sutton and Webster — have enacted a voluntary evening lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE, is a virus that is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus is endemic in the northeastern U.S., and circulates ...
THE STATE SAYS IT IS TAKING ACTION TO PREVENT MORE INFECTIONS. AERIAL SPRAYING IS ONLY USED AFTER EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE MOSQUITO ABUNDANCE THROUGH KILLING THE LARVAL MOSQUITOES AND THROUGH THE ...
A person in New Hampshire has died after contracting the eastern equine encephalitis virus. EEE is a rare disease transmitted by mosquitoes; only 11 human cases are reported annually on average ...
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Cook County Department of Public Health rates the current risk level for getting the West Nile virus as high. This means what might start out as merely scratching an itch ...