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Updated: Apr 27 2021, 7:28 ET FLORIDA residents have blasted local pest control “TERRORISTS” over plans to unleash a BILLION mutant mosquitoes in the Keys. The areas Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) are set to release the gene hacked ‘fraken-squitoes' in a bid to fight insect-borne viruses like yellow fever. 4 A BILLION mutant mosquitoes are set to be released in the Keys to fight insect-borne viruses like yellow feverCredit: GETTY 4 Florida pest control chiefs have been branded “terrorists” over the plansCredit: GETTY The trial is set to begin this week, seeing a first phase of ...

Genetically Modified Mosquitos to Be Released in Florida Keys In an effort to fight insect-borne viruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys. U.K.-based biotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region. Oxitec's male mosquitoes -- which don't bite, unlike the recently-discovered yellow fever-carrying Aedes scapularis mosquitoes -- will be introduced in small areas in a sele...

Dr. Manny Alvarez answers if mosquitoes can be a carrier of coronavirus and transmit the illness to another person In an effort to fight insect-borneviruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys. U.K.-basedbiotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region. Oxitec's male mosquitoes -- which don't bite, unlike the recently-discovered yellow fever-carrying Aedes scapularis mos...