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The insects are more than just a buzzing annoyance that’s prevalent in our region. They transmit harmful diseases, so it’s important to snuff them out ASAP.

Four days after Contra Costa County reported mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus, officials in Santa Clara County reported Tuesday that they too have found...

Contra Costa County health officials are warning people to be careful after its first positive case of West Nile in a group of mosquitoes. 

While the summer season brings heat and sunny skies it also brings a disease spread by mosquitoes. And while it's rare for death to occur from the disease it can happen.

Five additional Los Angeles-area mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus -- including first-time detections this year in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles and in Glendale.

The Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District identified the Aedes aegypti south of Granite Bay High School on Thursday, July 14.

The first activity of the West Nile virus was detected in a mosquito in the Redding area.

The Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control District said it has found in one of its traps an adult male mosquito that was carrying the disease.

West Nile virus has been detected in Santa Clara County for the first time this year, vector control officials said Wednesday.

This weekend, Los Angeles public health officials plan to hold a disease-outbreak exercise to encourage Los Angeles County residents to tip and toss stagnant water to prevent invasive mosquitoes.