US health officials are urging travellers to sharpen their mosquito-bite defences as outbreaks of chikungunya, a painful and currently untreatable mosquito-borne virus, sweep across several tropical ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Now that the rainless dry streak has been broken in Northeast Ohio, you might want to keep bug spray handy — the mosquito population is likely to explode. After nearly two weeks ...

Why do mosquitoes increase after rain? Learn how monsoon rains create breeding sites, spread diseases, and how to prevent bites and breeding.