chikungunya

As little kids, a lot of us lay awake imagining terrifying monsters that were coming for us. Monsters in our closets who'd spring out and get us if the…

The first cases of zika have been confirmed in Florida, and experts say more small-scale outbreaks are likely here. At least three cases of the virus have…

In the fight against mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, domestic inspector Carrie Atwood has a few indispensable tools. She carries a dipper — essentially, a…

Two storage rooms at the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District's Marathon building are being converted into a temporary laboratory to raise genetically…

Miami-Dade's Mosquito Control operation is the oldest in Florida. Operations manager Chalmers Vasquez says it started in 1935."There are two reasons that…

Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard:

The case of Marie Therese Lindor helps explain why chikungunya is spreading so widely and rapidly through Haiti.As she’s done so many times before, Lindor…