"Because malaria transmission in the United States has not been a big issue, there is no surveillance of Anopheles [marsh mosquito] populations," explained Photini Sinnis, a professor at the Johns ...

“If we don’t act soon, the mosquito larvae in the marsh will mature into biting adult mosquitoes.” Zahiri said. The operation, she added, will significantly reduce the mosquito population ...

IRVINE, California: A drone flies over a peaceful Southern California marsh and unleashes a rain of larvae-killing bacterial spore pellets. Its target: a surging population of mosquitoes that can ...