Recent cases of malaria in Texas and Florida have caused alarm about the potential for the disease to spread in warmer regions of the United States, b.
La Crosse encephalitis is the most common mosquito-borne disease in North Carolina, and it mainly affects children. A WCU professor gives the breakdown.
When you get a mosquito bite, there is probably some itching and a red, swollen mark that is gone in a few days. But for some, particularly young children, a
Don’t swat at that mosquito. Swedish entomologist Anders Lindström is sitting in a Western Carolina University lab, patiently waiting for the in.