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Orange County is buzzing with higher levels of mosquito activity. County experts say the booming population came after Hurricane Ian.
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Aedes scapularis mosquitoes are from the tropics and can carry yellow fever. Entomologist Lawrence Reeves recently identified them among mosquitoes he collected near Everglades National Park in 2019.
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NPR was the only news organization allowed into the lab to witness the moment the releases began this year. The goal is to create a powerful new weapon in the fight against malaria.
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It's the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is.
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Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. The finding could lead to new approaches for better repellents.
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The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful "gene drive." The mosquitoes could provide a potent weapon against malaria, but they raise fears about unpredictable environmental effects.
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The sunlight coming through the picture window of Debbie Casey’s room at a nursing home in Daytona Beach falls on a message board covered with pictures...
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Feeding mosquitoes artificial blood could help get them ready to go out in the world and stanch the flow of disease — and reduce the need for animal blood
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As the rainy season returns — along with the disease-carrying mosquitoes that reproduce in standing water — the public is getting another chance to…
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Mosquito season has officially arrived in Florida, although many would argue it never left.That perception may soon become reality, according to new…
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