Dengue fever is rare in L.A. That could start to change because of climate change

Photo caption: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have spread into Southern California in the past decade, likely introduced from the U.S. Southeast, where technicians photographed these mosquitoes trapped on a sticky pad. […] Photo credit: John Moore / Getty Images. Article by Alejandra Borunda. NPR – October 22, 2024.

Manuel Lara is hunting for mosquitos. Lara is a technician with the San Gabriel Valley Vector Control District, an agency in Los Angeles County that works to control the spread of insect- and pest-borne diseases. He’s on the hunt for a particularly aggressive mosquito called Aedes aegypti. […]

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