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LA Times Today: SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results

LA Times Today: SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results

Watch L.A. Times Today at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

Summer is coming, which means mosquito season. The insect’s bite can bring more than just a few days of itching. Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever have risen in Southern California in recent months.

L.A. Times wildlife reporter Lila Seidman wrote about a promising tactic to reduce the mosquito population, releasing thousands more of them into the region.

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