mosquito borne illness

A mosquito control official says the county's last locally acquired case probably was in the 1930s. That change this month when two were reported in Lockhart, in northwest Orange.

Both cases were a type of malaria known as P. vivax, which is not as fatal as others. The latest discovery triggered a mosquito-borne illness alert for both counties.

Hillsborough County has seen an increase in the number of cases related to mosquito-borne illnesses. Here’s what you need to know and what precautions you can take.

An insect-killing bacteria that lives inside a parasitic worm might hold the key to developing a powerful new repellent.

There have been no cases of Mayaro virus in Florida yet, but University of Florida’s Barry Alto there could be if it continues to spread from South…

On a hot, sunny Saturday morning at the Upper Tampa Bay Regional Public Library, Kathy and Dani Dahlberg walk up to a white truck holding portable fish…

Travelers infected with the Zika virus in the Caribbean brought it to South Florida multiple times before officials realized it had reached the U.S., an analysis of virus genomes finds.

As the rainy season returns to South Florida and the fight against Zika gears up, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District Tuesday began a first-in...

The Florida Department of Health in Bay County has confirmed the presence of the West Nile virus.