"The damage from inaction is enormous" — Rising threat of Asian Tiger Mosquito across the US

A mosquito species that arrived in the United States in the 1970s as stowaways in used tires is slowly making its way across the continent, spreading dengue, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya, and even malaria. According to experts who attended this week's workshop on mosquito-borne illnesses at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C., — Read the rest