The Aedes aegypti mosquito has rapidly expanded its territory across Southern Nevada. What started as a presence in just two ...

"If Aedes aegypti becomes established in Alameda County, it can threaten public health and diminish quality of life," the ...

Researchers in a lab at Stanford University are focused on a tiny predator that has an enormous, and sometimes deadly impact ...

As international headlines focus on a fast-moving chikungunya outbreak in southern China that has sickened thousands, Florida ...

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus causing fever, severe joint pain, rash, and muscle aches, mainly ...

Mainland France recorded its earliest-ever local chikungunya outbreaks in May 2025, with 10 clusters (27 cases) across five ...

Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired case of dengue fever this year in Hillsborough County.

Aedes can transmit diseases such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika, but they haven’t been linked to an outbreak in California. They haven’t been tied to a case of the deadly West Nile virus, either.

Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has caused an outbreak in China, but public health experts say the risk for spread and ...

There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far.