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A blistering 103-degree fever on a cool Friday night in October 2020 hit Kathy Rueckert out of the blue. Then 65-years-old, ...
There are some biological reasons why mosquitoes are more attracted to some people more than others. View Entire Post › ...
A mosquito pool collected from Lake in the Hills has tested positive for West Nile virus, McHenry County health department officials announced Wednesday.
According to Mass Wildlife, the rackety insects, which typically live up to a few weeks at most, come from the ground to lay ...
Metarhizium is described as a sexually transmitted disease male mosquitoes pass onto their female counterparts.
After testing more than 50 products, CR recommends 20 of them, with products containing 25-30% deet consistently outperforming most of the competition.
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Health reminds residents to protect themselves against mosquito bites that ...
To find the best bug sprays, Consumer Reports put repellents to the ultimate test–having real people stick their arms into ...
A Texas A&M scientist is using gene editing and other bioengineering to attack mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, ...
To combat the deadly diseases spread by mosquitoes, entomologists often turn to the blood-sucking insect’s reproductive life.
In a groundbreaking breakthrough, scientists have found a way to use mosquitoes’ mating behavior against them—by turning sex ...
Species like spotted lanternflies, zebra mussels and wild pigs are popping up around the commonwealth. Here's how to handle them.