Mention DEET (chemical name, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) in a crowded room, and you’re likely to hear a chorus of different opinions regarding its potential toxicity and health implications. Against a ...

If Broward’s mindset was to find a better way to spray and defeat mosquitoes, then it’s marking a milestone in the skeeter battle. After about a year of tinkering and refining plans, a team of county ...

Not-so-hot take: mosquitoes are the worst. They’re also the deadliest animal on the planet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Vector-borne diseases, including those transmitted by ...

Anita Schiller, program director and lead of the Harris County Precinct 4 Biological Control Initiative in Houston, said the matter is further complicated by the fact that there are several different ...