West Nile Virus News

According to Glenn Stokes, of Mosquito Control Contractors Inc. , complaints about mosquitoes are on the rise thanks in part to a warm, wet February.

After public outcry by California mosquito control agencies that strict new permitting regulations would eliminate West Nile virus fogging and jeopardize public health, the state Thursday proposed scaled-back pesticide rules that would ease rules on fumigating adult mosquitoes.

A species of mosquito capable of transmitting the deadly West Nile virus to humans has been discovered breeding in Britain for the first time since 1945.

A species of mosquito capable of transmitting a disease called West Nile virus to humans has been discovered breeding in Britain for the first time since 1945.

Residents in Hernando County are being alerted to take extra precautions against mosquitoes after a sentinel chicken in spring Hill was found with the West Nile virus.

The dry, cold winter might be a hindrance for farmers and those anxious to hit the ski slopes, but it has provided a hidden blessing -- it's kept away the aggressively biting, blood sucking mosquitoes.

The state Office of Public Health says that although drought kept the mosquito population down in Calcasieu last year, two people came down with encephalitis or meningitis from the virus.

Rosie Cabrera lives on DeQueen and Lakeshore Drive in Port Arthur near the seawall.

Rosie Cabrera lives on DeQueen and Lakeshore Drive in Port Arthur near the seawall.

No one wants West Nile virus; this is clear. However, the recent avalanche of articles discussing whether fogging with pesticides should be allowed are quite misleading and do not address the big picture.

CalAsia Pharmaceuticals and Radhakrishnan Padmanabhan, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at Georgetown University Medical Center, announce a collaboration to develop inhibitors of dengue and West Nile virus proteases with the goal of finding new treatments.

Low numbers of mosquitoes won't protect you from West Nile virus in Calcasieu Parish.

Could Pesticide Regulations Result in More West Nile Cases? Northern California mosquito control officials say new federal regulations limiting the use of pesticides to control mosquitoes could result in a severe outbreak of West Nile Virus this year.

A new regulation banning the use of mosquito-abatement pesticides near protected waterways is stoking fears of a severe West Nile season due to the unseasonably warm weather.

A new regulation banning the use of mosquito-abatement pesticides near protected waterways is stoking fears of a severe West Nile season due to the unseasonably warm weather.

Officials with the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito Vector Control District warn that rain followed by warmer weather creates ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes.

HORSE OWNERS are being warned to get their steeds vaccinated against West Nile Virus after a horse in Prince George was diagnosed with the deadly disease.

"People think all we do in the winter is sit around drinking coffee; that's not the case," he said.

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