After meeting medical entomologists during his time serving in the United States Air Force, Thor Freeman, now a sophomore at the University of Delaware, became very aware of the risks that pests have ...

WHILE medical entomology is mainly concerned with the parts played by insects and ticks in the transmission, causation and spread of disease, its limits have to go farther afield. It needs to embrace ...

In the summer of 2016, Jerome Goddard, a medical entomologist in Mississippi, received an email from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with a desperate ask. The agency was ...

A newly published study in the Journal of Medical Entomology provides critical insights into the emergence of babesiosis in the Mid-Atlantic region, documenting human cases and the presence of Babesia ...

Announcing the new second edition of Medical and Veterinary Entomology by Gary Mullen and Lance Durden. For medical, veterinary, entomology and public health students, this acclaimed textbook has been ...

AMES, Iowa – Most Iowans take precautions to repel mosquitoes. On a sweltering morning in mid-June, Ryan Smith ducked into a wooded area at Emma McCarthy Lee Park carrying a bucket of stinky liquid ...

AMES, Iowa – Mosquitoes are taking flight across Iowa, and it’s likely only a matter of time before they appear in a backyard near you. The impending mosquito season has already begun for medical ...

Three new species of trombiculid mites, also known as "chiggers," have been discovered in Taiwan, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Medical Entomology. Furthermore, 23 other species ...