Google is seeking approval for its Debug program that would release millions of non-biting mosquitos
Health officials are reporting at least eighteen deaths from West Nile virus in the U.S. this year, with three recent deaths recorded in Wisconsin and Illinois. There have been six cases of EEE, including one person who died after testing positive for the virus, as well as dengue cases recorded in several states.
The patient is a woman in her 30s who was exposed in the area of Plymouth County, in the southeastern part of the state.
Oropouche virus is an arthropod-borne virus, meaning a type of virus spread to people by the bite of infected arthropods, a group of insects.
Most diagnoses of tick-borne diseases are reported between June and September.
Video taken by a passenger shows the flight crew spraying insect repellent as the mosquitoes buzzed around the cabin.