Rift Valley Fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease that primarily affects sheep, goats, cattle and camels, while also ...

Two horses in Oklahoma have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV), including one horse in Nowata County and one horse in Oklahoma County. In Nowata County, an unvaccinated, 17-year-old Quarter ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For the second time in the last week, a mosquito trap in Hays County has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The Hays County Health Department received confirmation on Thursday that a ...

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 ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that ...

A novel disease prevention strategy—targeting a mosquito that spreads the dengue virus—significantly reduces both the mosquito numbers and cases of disease across a community, finds a major new study.

BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) – The Bell County Public Health District (BCPHD) says a mosquito trap collected in south Temple has tested positive for West Nile virus. This marks the first positive trap ...

With summer temperatures giving way to cooler weather, you may see fewer mosquitoes buzzing about. But experts say August and September is when mosquitoes are most likely to carry West Nile virus.

Three Rivers Public Health Department has reported that two additional mosquito pools have been found carrying West Nile Virus in Dodge County. This brings the total amount of positive West Nile Virus ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Three Rivers Public Health Department reported Thursday that two more mosquito pools have been found carrying West Nile Virus. The total for positive pools in the Three Rivers ...