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Fear of West Nile Virus outbreak after experts say this week’s heavy rain could bring increase in mosquitoes to Houston area 3 ways to protect yourself from mosquitoes Re'Chelle Turner, KPRC Tags:  West Nile Virus concerns as week of rain brings out more mosquitoes HOUSTON – After this week’s heavy rain, the Harris County Public Health Mosquito and Vector Control Division said we could see a slight increase of mosquitoes across our area. On Friday, The Division added 11 positive mosquito samples for the West Nile Virus, bringing the total number to 42 this year. Last month, the firs...

West Nile Virus Reemerges as Mosquito Tests Positive in Houston Subdivision On 7/3/21 at 1:37 AM EDT A painful and somewhat deadly virus carried by mosquitoes has resurfaced in a Houston suburb. The West Nile virus has been tested positive in a mosquito trapped at a new construction site in Sugar Land, just on the west side of Houston. And it's just in time for a full summer of heat, humidity and threatening hurricanes. It also comes as the world tries to shoo away the COVID-19 coronavirus that lurked all of 2020 and most of 2021 so far. The captured mosquito that tested positive was in the N...

The mosquitoes die a very cold death in freezers, and then, they are sorted – one by one. Liquefied into a sample, they’re then squirted onto a test plate.

Harris County Public Health officials identified and collected the county’s first West Nile Virus mosquito sample of the year, health officials said Tuesday in a release.

Hunterdon County begins seasonal battle against cicadas, black flies FLEMINGTON – There will be a buzz around Hunterdon County this summer. It won't be news or gossip, but the literal buzz of pesky insects emerging from the ground after 17 years. The annual cicadas will be joining the chorus on what would otherwise be quiet summer nights. After spending their entire immature life in soil, Brood X (pronounced “Brood 10”) will appear at some point in May, according to the Hunterdon County Health Department's Vector Control Division. They will be making their presence heard by Memoria...