aedes aegypti

The three hurricanes that affected the west Florida region this year created an especially inviting environment for Aedes aegypti.

The alert comes a few days after a locally acquired case was identified in Hillsborough County. The virus remains less common in the continental U.S., but there have been three times more cases than at this point last year.

In the Florida Keys, health officials are fighting to stop the spread of COVID-19. But they've also got another fight on their hands. For the second time in a little more than a decade, there's an outbreak of dengue fever on the island chain.

University of Florida researchers say southern house mosquitoes spreading West Nile in South Florida have become more resistant to the chemicals being used to kill them.

As little kids, a lot of us lay awake imagining terrifying monsters that were coming for us. Monsters in our closets who'd spring out and get us if the...