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Summer is on the way, and that also means, unfortunately, the return of disease-carrying
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insects like mosquitoes and ticks. And New York officials are warning that this year could be
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particularly bad. Fox News' Liv Johnson joins us now with a closer look at what experts are
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predicting this year, Liv. Yeah, Natasha, we all love warmer weather, but as we know, the return
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of warmer temperatures also means the return of all sorts of insects. And when you add in all this
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rain, it's a mosquito's paradise. Now, mosquitoes are most active in New York City from April through
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October. Most of them do not carry pathogens that can hurt us, but for those that do
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the most common is West Nile virus. In 2024, there are 100 human West Nile virus cases reported
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across New York State, including in New York City. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in slow moving or
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standing water. Now, the city has already started treating standing water for mosquito larva
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but property owners are legally obligated to eliminate standing water on their property
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to prevent mosquito breeding. Typically after rain, it's very advised that people sort of dispose of
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any rainwater in their property. So anything that collects water, whether it be abandoned tires or
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containers, it's recommended to sort of dispose of them to not sort of spur the increase of mosquitoes
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They typically lay their eggs in water and you also have other harmful bacteria and other kinds
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of microorganisms that could possibly multiply in your water supplies. Now, that was Aaron Rodriguez, who is an entomologist at Columbia University
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He said there's nothing particularly alarming about the mosquito population this year in
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terms of strength or size. But when you have as much rainfall as we've had lately, you might notice an increase in
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the number of mosquitoes around you, especially early in the morning and late at night
