Mosquitos carrying two types of harmful viruses have been found in Vermont, health officials reported on July 25.

Health officials are now testing mosquitoes for three viruses. No human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses have been reported yet this season.

The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed the presence of two mosquito-borne illnesses in the state this summer, marking ...

While Vermont is generally a low-risk part of the world for deadly mosquito-borne illnesses, leaders say that understanding ...

West Nile virus was detected in St. Albans, while James Canyon virus was reported in Rutland. There have been no cases of ...

The first positive results of mosquito testing this year have detected two viruses in the state: West Nile virus in St.

Because of high case numbers, Dr. Natalie Kwit with the Vermont Department of Health said that since June they have worked ...

Vermont is searching for EEE, one mosquito at a time Vermont Public | By Howard Weiss-Tisman Published September 9, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT Listen • 5:17 ...

The mosquito-transmitted virus, known as EEE, killed a New Hampshire resident and infected a Chittenden County man in August. The number of mosquito pools testing positive for EEE also began to rise.

Mosquito trapping for this season began on June 6. So far 896 pools having been tested. Last year the state tested 3,243 mosquito pools. Of those, 19 were positive for West Nile virus.

In 2014, 22 pools tested positive for EEE, he said. Mosquito populations in Vermont were mixed, state entomologist Alan Graham said. The amount of West Nile virus in mosquitoes also jumped in the ...

Patti Casey, the environmental surveillance program manager with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, vacuums mosquitoes out of boxes that are set up in sites across the state as the reporter stands ...