A mosquito on a state flag? That's not gonna fly -- right?Because of a typo, residents of Mississippi nearly had a giant mosquito as a choice for the state’s new flag.Nearly 3,000 residents submitted new flag designs after the state Legislature voted in June to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the flag and put a new design…
Mosquitoes like this one can transmit several diseases to humans. At least two cases of rare mosquito-borne Jamestown Canyon virus have been reported so far this year in the U.S.(USDA-ARS)The virus has become more common in recent years.Scientists and health experts say climate change may be driving a rise in mosquito-borne diseases.Last year saw a…
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A mosquito that is known to carry yellow fever has been found in Merced County.The Merced County Mosquito Abatement District says the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were found in the Le Grand area.They added that this is the third time the mosquito has been found in Merced County since 2017.The district says…
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U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…