mosquitoes

BOSTON (AP) - The state health department says a Boston-area man in his 60s has died of West Nile virus.

BOSTON (AP) _ The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says a Middlesex County man is the first person to contract West Nile virus in Massachusetts this year. The agency says the unidentified man in his 40s was diagnosed following testing that was completed Thursday...

West Nile Virus has been detected in Fall River.

New Bedford continues efforts to keep the mosquito population at a bare minimum. Once again, the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project will conduct another round of ground spraying around New Bedford's parks. The spraying will take place Thursday morning between 2am and sunrise at area parks including Buttonwood, Brooklawn, Fort Taber, Hazelwood, Riverside, Clasky, Ashley, and the Poor Farm area

New Bedford's parks will be the target of ground spraying by the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project. The spraying will take place early Thursday morning, between 2am and sunrise at Buttonwood Park, Brooklawn Park, Fort Tabor, Hazelwood Park, Riverside Park, Clasky Park, Ashley Park and the Poor Farm area, weather permitting...

City of New Bedford - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has notified local boards of health of the finding of EEE in a primarily bird-biting mosquito sample obtained from northwest quadrant of New Bedford. The sample was obtained on 9/1/14...

Massachusetts health officials are reporting the state's first human case of West Nile Virus this year. The patient is described only as a man in his 60s who lives in Middlesex County. Officials say the man remains hospitalized, but is recovering...

Massachusetts public health officials say the Eastern equine encephalitis virus has been found in the state for the first time this summer. The Department of Public Health said Friday that the mosquito sample was collected Tuesday in Bridgewater...

Downtown New Bedford will once again undergo targeted ground spraying by the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project. The New Bedford Board of Health announced Tuesday the ground spraying will take place in the area of Union and Purchase Streets as well as City Pier 3 between 2am and sunrise Thursday morning...

The deadliest creature on earth has been causing us human beings trouble for a very long time! They kill over 725,000 people a year, every year!