Author: Sarah Spencer

From the Yale Daily News September 10, 2019 Using only data collected from travelers to Cuba, researchers at Yale, Scripps Research Institute and Florida Gulf Coast University detected an outbreak…

From Action News Now September 9, 2019 TEHAMA COUNTY, Calif. – The Tehama County Mosquito Vector Control District says two of their test chickens have tested positive for West Nile Virus.…

From KESQ September 9, 2019 COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. – Have you noticed an invasion of little, flying, black bugs over the last few weeks?  Experts say they’re called Charcoal Seed…

From ABC 7 September 7, 2019 The hot weather is bringing new concerns over West Nile Virus to the Southland. Eleven additional mosquito samples tested positive for the virus, according…

From SCVNews.com September 6, 2019 The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District has confirmed 11 additional mosquito samples positive for West Nile virus, bringing the number of positive samples…

From the Red Bluff Daily News September 6, 2019 RED BLUFF — Two cases of West Nile virus were found in chickens in Tehama County, according to a press release…

From Champion Newspapers September 6, 2019 Black mosquitoes with distinctive white stripes are biting and bugging residents in the Chino Valley. They are considered invasive because they can potentially carry…

From Technology Networks September 6, 2019 Zika virus attracted worldwide attention in recent years due to the devastating consequences of infection for pregnant women and their fetuses, many of which…

From the Orange County, CA Patch September 5, 2019 ANAHEIM, CA — The Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District is reporting an increase of West Nile Virus activity in…

From The Horse September 3, 2019 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) confirmed on Aug. 28 that an unvaccinated yearling Andalusian stallion presented with clinical signs of West Nile…

From KGET September 3, 2019 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — State health officials said two more human cases of West Nile have been reported in Kern County. The California Department of…

From the Los Angeles Times September 3, 2019 SAN DIEGO  — Margaret Sohn’s Normal Heights home has a lovely yard — “one of the reasons why I bought this house,” she…

From the Daily Republic September 3, 2019 FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Public Health Division announced that mosquitoes recently trapped in the northeast area of the county, near Davis, were…

From Placer MVCD August 29, 2019 ROSEVILLE, Calif., August 29, 2019 – The Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District detected an invasive (non-native) species of mosquito on Wednesday, August 28.…

From KESQ August 29, 2019 COACHELLA, Calif.- – Riverside County’s first West Nile virus infections of this year were confirmed today by the county Department of Public Health.    …

From the Red Bluff Daily News August 29, 2019 RED BLUFF — West Nile Virus cases have been reported in Butte and Shasta counties within the past month, but Tehama…

From KCRA 3 August 29, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Invasive mosquitoes that have the potential to transmit the Zika virus have been found in Northern California. The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and…

From the Escalon Times August 28, 2019 It was a little late in arriving, but West Nile Virus is making its presence known in the Central Valley. Specifically, there have…

From ABC News August 28, 2019 A rare, potentially deadly mosquito-transmitted illness called Eastern equine encephalitishas been reported in at least three states. There have been four recorded cases in Massachusetts, including…

From ABC 7 August 28, 2019 GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) — Just what Southern California needs – not just more mosquitoes but a different breed of the insect that is…

From People.com August 28, 2019 A 14-year-old girl is critically ill after contracting a rare mosquito-borne disease. Savannah DeHart, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, was diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, a virus…

From KYMA August 27, 2019 EL CENTRO, Calif. – In Imperial County, two cases of Saint Louis Encephalitis and one case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed by residents in…

From Caravan News August 27, 2019 The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District (District) has detected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Stockton. The first detection was from a sample of mosquitoes…

From News Medical Life Sciences August 27, 2019 Control and prevention of Aedes-transmitted viruses, such as Dengue, Chikungunya, or Zika relies heavily on vector control approaches. Given the effort and cost involved in implementation…

From ANewsCafe.com August 26, 2019 Two more West Nile virus (WNV) positive mosquito samples have been discovered in Shasta County. One of the samples came from a trap located in…

From Action News Now August 26, 2019 BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – A second human West Nile Virus infection in Butte County has been confirmed. The infected person is an adult who…

From ABC 30 August 22, 2019 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The Fresno County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first West Nile Virus death in the county this year.…

From the New York Times August 22, 2019 A previously unknown outbreak of the Zika virus swept across Cuba in 2017, a year after the global health emergency was declared…

From the Imperial Valley Press August 22, 2019 EL CENTRO — Confirmation three weeks ago that mosquitos carrying West Nile virus and Saint Louis encephalitis were found in the county…

From the Davis Enterprise August 22, 2019 West Nile virus has been detected in multiple mosquito samples tested in Davis in the last two weeks. Those positive samples were found…

From First Post August 20, 2019 A deadly beast that might be the size of a speck but poses a threat to more than half the world’s population. This predator,…

From SCV News August 19, 2019 The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District has confirmed West Nile virus in four additional mosquito samples from traps in the cities of…

From the Long Beach Post News August 19, 2019 West Nile virus continues to be detected in mosquitos across Los Angeles County, recently showing up in Signal Hill, the Greater…

From The Orange County Register August 19, 2019 A female resident of Tustin, in her 50s, is the first human case of West Nile virus reported in Orange County this…

From the Debate Report August 18, 2019 Officials of Fresno County in California have announced and warned the locals that mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus keep appearing in the Central…

From the Daily Herald August 17, 2019 A new study of toddlers exposed to the Zika virus during their mothers’ pregnancies found that nearly a third suffered developmental delays and…

From the Daily Bulletin August 15, 2019 West Nile virus activity was detected in a sample of mosquitoes in La Verne and Pomona, the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector…

From The Press August 15, 2019 Last week, the Town of Discovery Bay was swarmed by a scourge of mosquitoes. Likely hatched in nearby flooded fields, the inland floodwater mosquitoes caused enough…

From Science Daily August 14, 2019 New research led by scientists at The Rockefeller University in New York may help explain why Zika virus infection causes birth defects in some…

From Action News Now August 13, 2019 BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – The Butte County Public Health Department has announced the first confirmed human West Nile Virus infection in Butte County. The…

From the Manteca Bulletin August 13, 2019 The Aedes aegypti mosquito – also known as the mosquito that can carry the Zika virus and other communicable diseases – has officially…

From ABC 30 August 9, 2019 TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Tulare County health officials are investigating four cases of suspected West Nile Virus in residents. They believe three adults…

From the Manteca Bulletin August 8, 2019 As if an active population of adult mosquitoes that are testing positive for the West Nile Virus wasn’t enough, San Joaquin County mosquito…

From the Record-Net August 8, 2019 STOCKTON — An invasive mosquito species not native to California has been detected for the first time in Stockton. On Tuesday, the San Joaquin…