Area communities fight mosquitoes
With mosquito season in full swing, area governments are deploying thousands of dollars in labor and materials to protect citizens from the pests.
As Zika looms, health officials worry about the neighbors
Saron Wyatt pointed to the secluded end of her small street in Houston’s impoverished Fifth Ward, where a mound of old tires keeps popping up.
Zika-spreading mosquito not in Mississippi
The mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus in South America, Latin America and Caribbean countries are not in Mississippi as far as the state Department of Health knows.
Possumhaw: Chiggers, mosquitoes, ants, oh my
The Prairie is not always paradise. Momma used to say, “I’m glad not everybody likes the same thing ’cause then everybody’d want my Henry.” Dad wasn’t named Henry, but we got the point.
Mosquitoes are worse this summer in parts of U.S.
WASHINGTON — The tiny mosquito all too often has man on the run. And this summer, it seems even worse than usual. “You can’t get
West Nile case reported in Lowndes Co.
The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed a case of West Nile virus in Lowndes County Thursday, one of three reported statewide so far this year.
Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue
Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the tourist town of Key West.
Nothing foggy about mosquito control
There are two things associated with summer in Mississippi: oppressive heat and humidity and the presence of mosquitoes. Summer in Columbus are no different.