1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (142+ words) keysnews.com A Florida Keys Mosquito Control District helicopter conducts an aerial mission Wednesday morning over Key West. The district, which began operations in 1951, uses helicopters and trucks to target mosquito larvae and adult mosquitoes from Key Largo to Key…...

6+ hour ago   (237+ words) Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – The first human case of a mosquito-borne disease in Illinois for 2026 has been reported. In addition, IDPH says three more potential human cases have been identified, so far only described as “probable.” Those are primarily…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (219+ words) Lakelands Public Health is reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites after mosquito traps in the Lindsay area tested positive for West Nile virus. The health unit says ongoing surveillance has identified West Nile virus activity in the region....

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (346+ words) Cases in animals can act as markers that show where transmission is already occurring. Minnesota recorded its first confirmed West Nile virus case of 2026 in a horse. Mosquito samples also tested positive in three counties — an early sign that the…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (157+ words) Mosquito - CDC Image Sonora, CA — The public health department in Tuolumne County reports that the first human case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed in 2026. The individual is an adult who was hospitalized. For medical privacy reasons, no additional…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (246+ words) CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — West Nile virus has been detected in Cabarrus County after two residents tested positive through routine blood donor screenings on Aug. 14 and Aug. 16. The Cabarrus Health Alliance reported the positive cases Wednesday as part of ongoing mosquito-borne disease…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (244+ words) FOX 2 - A Wayne County resident has been confirmed to have the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus in 2026. Wayne County Public Health made the announcement on Wednesday. The person is described as an out-Wayne County resident, which means…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago   (528+ words) The Netherlands has confirmed its first West Nile virus death in someone infected inside the country, as Serbia's case count climbed to 11 by August 23. Who's at risk? Is West Nile virus spreading north across Europe? The Netherlands now has the…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (363+ words) WORCESTER, MA — Mosquito control crews are tentatively scheduled to visit Worcester on five Tuesdays in September to address residents’ concerns. The Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project may conduct limited truck-mounted pesticide spraying in the city on Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. Treatment will…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (706+ words) Malaria in Africa has historically been a rural problem, because the mosquitoes that carry it mostly breed in rural water. Anopheles stephensi breaks that rule. It thrives in the water tanks, cisterns, and construction containers of cities, and since arriving…...