(Salt Lake City, UT) — All the warm weather means mosquitoes are out earlier and in greater numbers. Experts tell ABC-4 that hibernating mosquitoes are now coming to life weeks earlier than normal. The concern goes beyond just annoying bites. A bigger mosquito population could help spread diseases faster. It’s […]
(Kaysville, UT) — Mosquitoes are likely to be an even more oppressive danger and a nuisance this summer due to the near-record heat and high water levels from the melting snowpack. Officials with the Davis Mosquito Abatement District are using technology to be ahead of the problem including a drone […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials say the first human case of West Nile virus in Salt Lake County this year has been found. The county Health Department says the person infected is an adult who remains hospitalized. The agency says the infected person has the neuroinvasive West Nile […]
AURORA, Utah (AP) — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted near the central Utah city of Aurora. The Central Utah Public Health Department says officials detected the virus earlier this week. They received test results confirming the virus on Friday. Aurora is the second city in Utah to […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted in the eastern Utah city of Moab. The Deseret News reports officials detected the virus on July 2 in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve. City officials received test results confirming the virus on Thursday. Moab is the first city […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An extremely wet spring in Utah County is expected to bring a monster summer for mosquitoes. The Daily Herald reports the county health department’s Mosquito Abatement District began spraying for mosquitoes the second week of June. That was after surveillance trapping earlier this month showed mosquito […]
