In Honduras, where 10,000 people are known to be sickened by dengue each year, Doctors Without Borders is partnering with the mosquito program over the next six months to release close to 9 million mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacteria.
Eastern equine encephalitis virus has been detected in additional mosquitoes in Massachusetts, prompting officials to raise the risk level in several communities.
At this point in the year, we’re all quite familiar with the sounds of summer: the breeze through the trees, the birdsong, the chatter of children playing outside – and the persistent buzz of a mosquito.
BOSTON (September 8, 2023) – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced the third human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in a Massachusetts resident this year. The individ.