Mosquito hunters: What Ada County does to protect you from bug bites and West Nile virus

Mosquito hunters: What Ada County does to protect you from bug bites and West Nile virus

Spring brings blooming flowers, warmer weather and lots of mosquitoes to Ada County but an Ada County crew is working in your neighborhood to keep those pesky biting bugs at bay."We have 56,000 standing water sites mapped throughout the county," said Sam Brockway, with Ada County Weed, Pest and Mosquito Abatement.Those 56,000 standing water sites quickly become home to a warm-weather pest. "All mosquitoes require standing water to breed," said B…

Mosquito Trapping Season Kicks off in May to Protect the Community from Mosquito-Borne Diseases

A 57-year-old man from Timiș is in a coma at the Infectious Diseases Hospital after being diagnosed with the West Nile virus. The man arrived at a medical facility in Lugoj with a fever, but was sent...