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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has intensified efforts to make schools safe from dengue fever by supplying institutions with drum covers in addition to carrying out fogging on weekends and assist...

As part of efforts to rid communities of mosquito breeding sites, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has dispatched its vector-control teams to several high-risk areas across Jamaica.  Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager for...

You're not imagining it. Fortunately, there are some DIY ways to keep the critters out of your house off and off your skin.

You're not imagining it. Fortunately, there are some DIY ways to keep the critters out of your house off and off your skin.

A mosquito in the Larchmont-Edgewater neighborhood of Norfolk tested positive for West Nile virus last week, according to a release from the city's department of public health.

A new study revealed that the Zika virus is getting more contagious. Here's what experts suggest.

A consistent increase in the number of mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus in Mecca will require insecticide spraying to eliminate the pests in multiple locations next week, according to the Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District.

News Channel 3 was there while the Coachella Valley Vector Control District found the Bark Scorpion in a Palm Desert neighborhood for the first time.

More than 40 participants will be participating in the training from Hawai‘i and twenty Pacific Island Countries and Territories: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

The city of Corpus Christi is prepping for another round of mosquito spraying to combat the growing mosquito population and incoming rainfall.