Tag: mosquito-borne diseases

Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the main vector in the U.S. for diseases such as dengue, Zika and other viruses.

FIU recently convened experts in the nation's capital to discuss how climate change is impacting human health.

A study that looked at thermal adaptation in mosquitoes found that temperature tolerance could shift within just 10 generations.

University of Miami scientist Julius Dewald believes his research using satellite images to fight climate change holds great potential.

Last year, Florida had its largest dengue outbreak in more than 75 years and first locally transmitted malaria in more ...

Florida's southeast coast has received sometimes-record rainfall while much of the Gulf of Mexico coast faces a drought.

Goodell spoke at the University of Florida about his new book, 'The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death ...

Dengue fever is one of many mosquito-borne illnesses to creep back onto U.S. soil recently.

The range of the mosquito that spreads dengue fever has moved in recent years to several U.S. states, including Florida.

Environmental groups petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to reclassify manatees after a die-off in the Indian River Lagoon.