For starters, a mosquito can transmit pathogens at the probing stage, which happens before it starts feeding. "It kind of ...

Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

Another person has been infected with EEE in the Bay State, as local officials urge residents to keep using insect repellent and “avoid peak mosquito biting hours.” The Massachusetts Department of ...

Dengue fever, spread by the daytime-biting Aedes aegypti mosquito, poses a significant threat, especially during monsoon ...

Local officials urge residents to dump standing water in their yards and to use repellents containing DEET, picaridin, or ...

Scientists have finally explained why mosquitoes prefer some people over others, and it all comes down to your personal scent signature.

A second person has tested positive for the potentially fatal EEE disease in the Bay State, as health officials urge residents to use bug spray and take other steps to prevent mosquito bites. The ...

BOSTON - A second human case of the mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis was confirmed in Massachusetts on Thursday, just days after the death of a New Hampshire man was announced. The ...

The insect, which became known as the London Underground mosquito, is known by scientists as Culex pipiens form molestus. Evolutionary biologists have long believed that it evolved from the ...

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — The first human case of West Nile virus in Rockland County for 2025 has been confirmed. County Executive Ed Day and Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Leahy confirmed on Tuesday the ...