Heavy rain and flooding brought misery to parts of South Florida in June. That misery may not be over yet. Here come the mosquitoes. While combat teams and health officials haven’t issued advisories ...

The Florida Department of Health will allocate an additional $7.4 million in state funding to Miami-Dade County to combat the spread of the Zika virus via mosquito control as local transmission ...

DORAL, Fla. — Peak mosquito season is from May to October and Miami-Dade County is testing a new way to help keep the population under control. The county’s Mosquito Control Division team uses ground ...

Health officials think two people in Miami may have contracted the virus from local mosquitoes. So they're spraying pesticide to help stop the... Miami Steps Up Mosquito Control Efforts After ...

Update: The aerial spraying missing was postponed May 16 due to high winds. Mosquito season in Miami begins every year when the so-called black salt marsh mosquitoes, a buzzing cloud of bugs not known ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Broward Mosquito Control crews are out in force — they're out here spraying larvicide, trying to tamp down an expected huge population of mosquitos after all that rain. "What we do ...

FILE - This 2003 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes albopictus mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host. Florida Department of Health tips ...

John MacLauchlan is a digital content producer for CBS Miami. He attended Florida State University and graduated with a Communications degree. John joined the CBS Miami digital team in February 2007.

Mosquitoes are considered the world's deadliest animal due to their ability to spread viruses like chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. State and federal funding are crucial for supporting Florida's local ...

The U.S. is on alert for dengue fever during the busy spring break season as cases of the mosquito-borne illness continue to rise globally. Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, Colombia, and ...

A worker finishes spraying the grass with a pesticide to kill floodwater larvae during a media event at Miami-Dade County’s Mosquito Control unit in Doral, FL on June 17, 2024. Michelle Marchante ...