BOSTON – A woman in her 80s has this year’s first human case of West Nile virus in Massachusetts and was likely exposed to the virus in Middlesex...
NORTHAMPTON — After the state recently denied nine Pioneer Valley towns’ applications to opt-out of aerial mosquito spraying, farmers are...
Town and state officials are expressing confusion and disappointment with a lack of information regarding the state’s mosquito control opt-out...
Anvil 10+10 is a pesticide that has been used for mosquito control in Massachusetts and throughout the U.S. The product purportedly contains only...
HADLEY — Many local communities are opting out of the state’s mosquito spraying program, but Hadley will remain part of it, at least for this...
HOLYOKE — Public health officials are alerting city residents after West Nile virus was discovered in a mosquito in Holyoke on Sept. 2.The infected...
BOSTON – The risks of COVID-19 transmission are higher indoors, and as summer ramps up Massachusetts is beginning to see signs that another public...
GRANBY — A case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus infection, a rare but serious mosquito-borne disease, was recently confirmed in a horse...
NORTHAMPTON – The city has released a public health notice for people to guard against the West Nile virus, in response to an announcement from the...
Every fall, mosquitoes lay their eggs in wetland areas, junkyards, clogged gutters, flower pots, catch basins and anywhere they can hide before...
GREENFIELD — Local health officials don’t want residents to be alarmed, even though seven Franklin County towns are now at a moderate risk for West...
NORTHAMPTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has detected West Nile virus in the state’s mosquitoes for the first time this year in...