Author: Sarah Spencer

From KGET April 21, 2022 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Local experts say mosquito season is in full swing, and it will last until October or November. The Kern County Mosquito…

From APB Live April 20, 2022 New Delhi: Dengue is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease in the world, and is caused by dengue viruses, which is spread to people through the…

From KVTA April 19, 2022 his is Mosquito Awareness Week and Ventura County Environmental Health officials are reminding us to take actions aimed at protecting ourselves and others from being…

From 23 ABC April 19, 2022 Mosquito bites are not pleasant. “It takes and wiggles that mouth pore through the threads in your clothing,” Michael Roe, a professor at the…

From the Culver City Observer April 14, 2022 To celebrate the 70th anniversary of providing public health service, the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (District) will host an…

From Entomological Society of America Science Policy News April 11, 2022 The Vector-Borne Disease Network (VBDN), a stakeholder group of nonprofit organizations including membership and trade associations, vector control groups,…

Caroline T. Weldon1, Scott C. Weaver1, and Kathryn H. Jacobsen2 1 Western Gulf Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; …

From the World Health Organization April 7, 2022 In the lead-up to World Malaria Day 2022, we spoke with Dr Audrey Lenhart, Chief of the Entomology Branch in the Division of…

From Recordnet.com April 7, 2022 Crane flies, we’ve all seen them awkwardly bumping into walls, ceilings and windows, gathered around porch lights or stuck to your window screens. In our…

From the Winters Express April 7, 2022 The recent rain, combined with warm temperatures in the days ahead, make for the perfect breeding ground for mosquitos. That’s why the Sacramento-Yolo…

From Pasadena Now April 4, 2022 Extreme drought conditions have been prevalent across the San Gabriel Valley for years and now new research suggests that as the drought intensifies, the…

Karen M. Holcomb,Chilinh Nguyen,Brian D. Foy,Michelle Ahn,Kurt Cramer,Emma T. Lonstrup,Asli Mete,Lisa A. Tell,Christopher M. Barker https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010260  Author summary: Current mosquito control strategies aimed to prevent pathogen transmission to humans have…

From the Davis Enterprise March 31, 2022 The recent rain, combined with warm temperatures in the days ahead, make for the perfect breeding ground for mosquitos. That’s why the Sacramento-Yolo…

From ABC10 March 30, 2022 SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Scientists at the University of California San Diego received a $1.4 million grant to study new genetic technologies intended to curb…

From LAist March 28, 2022 Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars and Harley-Davidsons. He’d struggled with diabetes since he was a teenager,…

From Spectrum News 1 March 28, 2022 Temperatures have climbed higher and higher in the spring season for most of the country over the past half-century. While that might mean…

From SCV News March 24, 2022 The city of Santa Clarita invites residents to participate in the Rain Barrel Purchase Program. Residents can pre-order up to two rain barrels per…

From MedicalXpress March 21, 2022 Scientists at the University of Glasgow and partner institutes have developed an inexpensive, fast and simple way to identify the aging mosquitos which transmit the…

Journal of Medical Entomology Volume 59, Issue 2, March 2022 Sheppard, J.G. 2021.  Record Longevity and Reproduction of an African Tick, Argas brumpti (Ixodida: Argasidae). J. Med. Entomol. [https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab205]. Abstract:  Argas brumpti Neumann…

From the New York Times March 14, 2022 Public health measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 had an unintended consequence across Latin America and Southeast Asia in 2020: Dengue…

From ESA Science Policy News March 10, 2022 Congress has continued to kick the appropriations can down the road for fiscal year (FY) 2022, with a series of Continuing Resolutions…

From ABC News February 17, 2022 Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according…

From the Colusa County Sun-Herald February 16, 2022 As the weather begins to warm up, the Colusa Colusa Mosquito Abatement District is gearing up for the upcoming mosquito season and…

From the Sacramento Bee February 11, 2022 With warm Sacramento weather comes blood-hungry mosquitoes. According to the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, a significant number of service requests have…

From CBS Los Angeles February 10, 2022 WEST COVINA (CBSLA) — As temperatures heat up, mosquitoes are descending on the San Gabriel Valley and officials are warning residents to take precautions…

From the Sacramento Bee February 8, 2022 If you want to prevent mosquito bites, the key may be in the clothes you wear. That’s because new research shows the insects…

From Science Daily January 26, 2022 Blocking a key protein found in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes — the principal vector for malaria transmission to humans in Africa — could thwart infection with malaria parasites…

From MSN January 20, 2022 The pesky Aedes aegypti, more commonly known as the ankle biter, is behind more than the persistently itchy welts on our legs. Heather Hyland with…