mosquitoes

Boxes containing the eggs of genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, water and a little food are being placed in six locations in the Lower and Middle Keys this week.

A controversial plan to use bats for mosquito control is causing a flap in Orange County.

A new mosquito-borne illness has the potential to make its way to Florida. It causes flu-like symptoms.

Most people bitten by mosquitos carrying the Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus won’t show symptoms. But Alvina Chu of the Orange County health department says for those who do, a wide range can appear four to ten days later.

Bio-tech company Oxitec wants to use genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of the Zika virus, and they want to test those mosquitoes in a Florida Keys neighborhood. Florida Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is calling for support of the plan.

Most Floridians know Florida’s hot and humid summers bring with them a boom in the mosquito population. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he was raised in Miami and he understands that Florida residents may be concerned about the latest mosquito-borne illness - Zika.

Residents of a Florida Keys neighborhood will get to vote on whether it will serve as the first U.S. testing ground of genetically modified mosquitoes.

A public health emergency has been declared in four Florida counties with cases of the Zika virus. There are currently nine travel-related cases of Zika…