mosquito control

Public health officials confirmed the 18th case of dengue fever in Hillsborough County this year.But this case is different- while the first 17 were…

Mosquitoes, it turns out, might be their own worst enemy. In a six-month field trial launched in South Miami last year, Miami-Dade County teamed up with...

Rainy season in South Florida means it's also mosquito season. And now there's a new weapon being added to the arsenal against the insects in the...

An insect-killing bacteria that lives inside a parasitic worm might hold the key to developing a powerful new repellent.

Peak mosquito season is coming and Miami-Dade County officials say they are ready to fight it with a new weapon: a bacteria that makes mosquitos sterile...

The company that wants to hold the first U.S. trial of genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys and Keys residents who oppose the trial don't...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials say genetically modified mosquitoes are not "drugs" and should be regulated by environmental authorities.

A meeting between Miami-Dade County officials and county residents concerned about aerial mosquito spraying was cancelled Monday.

When Monroe County held a nonbinding referendum last year on whether to allow the experimental release of genetically modified mosquitoes, most voters...

Florida health officials added another 12 reported cases of the Zika virus during the past week, including the first sexually transmitted case in 2017,...

A chemical used for mosquito control in South Florida has been the source of controversy in recent weeks, after a study showed it could be linked to...

While mainland South Florida ramps up its battle against the mosquito that can carry Zika, the Florida Keys has already begun the region's most...