A number of essential oils can be used as natural insect repellents and help you avoid those pesky and potentially dangerous mosquito bites. These can make good alternatives to the popular sprays that ...

Dengue, the world's most common mosquito-borne illness, is not transmitted directly from insect to insect. Mosquitoes pick up the virus after they bite an infected person, then spread it by biting ...

"Another thing that can make you more susceptible to mosquito bites is drinking a beer. One study found that just drinking a 12-ounce can of beer can make you more attractive to mosquitoes.

Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California. Dengue, the world’s most common mosquito-borne illness, is not transmitted directly from ...

Here, we demonstrate how a simple theoretical framework used in conservation biology—evolutionary rescue models—can be used to investigate the potential for climate adaptation in these taxa, using ...

In 2023, the virus was detected in more than 1,100 mosquito pools, mostly in Queens. To date in 2024, cases of West Nile fever have been detected in 39 states. An estimated 70-80% of West Nile ...

Concerns about the dangers of mosquito-borne viruses are on the rise after the first New York resident to contract eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) since 2015 died last weekend, New York Gov.

A New York resident who tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis has died, prompting questions about the rare mosquito-borne disease. Eastern equine encephalitis, also called EEE ...

I know I’m treating my mosquito bites all wrong because, well, I have the scars to show it. Most mosquito bites go away within a week or so ― unless you don’t take proper care of them. According to ...

A person has died from the mosquito-borne virus known as EEE in New York, the state's first case since 2015 and the second death from the disease in the U.S. since late August. EEE, short for ...