Researchers are testing a product commonly used to treat ticks and fleas on pets to target fly and mosquito larvae with the goal of helping reduce the spread of diseases carried by these insects.

"Very high" levels of the virus were detected by the CDC in New Mexico, with "high" levels in Oregon, Arkansas, and Maine.

In the U.S., wastewater surveillance for public health became vital during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Maine Center for Disease Control says a resident of Maine has contracted the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, or Triple ...

Health officials believe a Penobscot County resident diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis acquired the disease within Maine, making it the first in-state acquisition of the illness since 2015.

PENOBSCOT COUNTY, Maine — A person from Penobscot County has tested presumptive positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting the first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis this year and the first ...

“Then we tested how long it takes for a mosquito to take a bite and we also did ticks to see how long a tick climbs up their forearm,” said Luker. The fats did not work on the tick but the ...

A mosquito can then act as a vector, or carrier, for a number of diseases and transmit them to humans. By definition, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is a microorganism, such as a virus ...

This year, we saw a huge uptick in human West Nile virus cases at 26, and we also saw a boom in the population of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that was not here in Southern Nevada prior to 2017.