Central NY health officials work to prevent EEE
Three people have died in the last three years in Central New York from the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, which can be spread from mosquitoes to humans. The deaths have sent scares across the...
View ArticleCentral New York counties take new steps to prevent EEE
Several New York counties are taking new steps to stop the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus.
View ArticleDry weather means fewer mosquitos in central New York
Though the dry weather is causing hardships for some, there is at least one benefit -- mosquito populations are down in central New York.
View ArticleFollowing death from West Nile, governments look to prevention
In the shadow of the death of an elderly Syracuse man from West Nile Virus this week, local governments continue to try to get the word out about how to stay away from the disease that is carried by...
View ArticleNo aerial spraying in Onondaga County to fight West Nile
With the spread of West Nile Virus across the country, some communities have chosen to spray pesticides to kill the mosquitoes that carry the deadly virus. Despite the death of an elderly man in...
View ArticleWill a rainy June mean more West Nile virus?
The conventional wisdom is that it's going to be a bad year for mosquitos, because of the very rainy June. But, whether that means more incidence of mosquito born viruses, is debatable.
View ArticleCicero readies for second aerial mosquito spraying
Onondaga County is ready to okay a second aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes that carry Eastern Equine Encephalitis near the Cicero swamp if the virus turns up again. County officials made the...
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