Contra Costa County officials announced that the mosquitoes that transmit yellow fever, Zika and dengue fever have been found in the area.

Gary Larson often uses The Far Side comic to subtly comment on society and explore the absurd, but even these strips were too ...

In tests, male Anopheles coluzzii responded to an object in their field of vision differently depending on the sound.

A Connecticut father died Monday — five years after he was bitten by an infected mosquito while clearing brush in his wooded backyard. Richard Pawulski, 49, was killed from complications of ...

Cool… We received 647 entries in this week’s Cartoon Caption Contest. This was a tough one but y’all came up with great ...

NEW YORK — A New York resident has tested positive for the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus, the state health department said Friday. It's the first human case of EEE in the ...

And the short answer is, yes — the state could do more. There’s already a system of mosquito control districts in the Commonwealth, but not every community has opted into one. That results in ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning residents about the dangers of mosquito-borne diseases after New York's first death from the eastern equine encephalitis virus, or EEE. The death of the ...

Given the recent concerns about mosquitoes infected with eastern equine encephalitis, the editorial “Take the financial sting out of mosquito control” (Sept. 20) addresses an important issue.

By Alyce McFadden A person in New York has been hospitalized with Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but serious mosquito-borne illness, the state’s Health Department said Friday. The infection ...