Is California's next health concern blood-sucking mosquitoes? All this water spells trouble
The copious amount of rain and snow that accelerated California's drought recovery has triggered the state's next public health concern — and this ...
The copious amount of rain and snow that accelerated California's drought recovery has triggered the state's next public health concern — and this one sucks your blood. Mosquitoes require water to complete their life cycle and California suddenly has a lot of it. More water means an increase in the transmission rate of the vector-borne disease West Nile Virus, that killed 13 residents last year, according to state data, last updated March 23. 'I think the real question is: What happens next?,' said director Dr.