The genteel residents of the Upper West Side are being plagued by super-powered mosquitoes that hide under the cover over darkness—and the Health Department just doesn't care, they say. more ›

Make no mistake about it: we're at war with the mosquitoes this summer. It's so bad that some people in Rockaway are actually hoping they carry West Nile so they can get the city to come spray. (So far, the virus has only been detected in mosquitoes on Staten Island.) Enter: the Hartford Courant. They're here to tell you all about what will and won't work in preventing mosquitoes from eating you alive this summer, and they have terrible, terrible news. First of all: nothing really works. Secondly: alcohol attracts mosquitoes! Put down the Bartles & Jaymes! Animated Siren Gif! more ›

The first case of West Nile has been declared, not in Rockaway, but on Staten Island. While there are no human cases in any of the five boroughs (yet!), the Department of Health says the virus has been detected in Eltingville, where they will now have increased mosquito surveillance and mosquito larvae control efforts, the SI Advance reports. more ›

In July the Department of Health had already detected West Nile virus in city mosquitoes in three of the boroughs: Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn. Now they're reporting the first human case of the virus for the season has occurred in the Bronx; a 61-year-old man was hospitalized with meningitis (the 199th West Nile case in a New Yorker since 1999). more ›

A side of West Nile scaremongering with your heat wave? Why not. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, the Department of Health has detected West Nile virus in city mosquitoes for the first time this season in three boroughs, more specifically in Old Town (Staten Island), South Jamaica/Rochdale Village and Auburndale/Pomonok (Queens), and East Williamsburg/Bushwick (Brooklyn). more ›