News & Updates

Delta MVCD – Oxitec Public Educational Webinar #5: Oxitec’s Technology Part 2:  History, Partnerships, and a Decade of Results Around the World Tuesday, August 23rd, 5:00 pm PT This Delta MVCD - Oxitec Public Educational Webinar, our fifth in a monthly series to...

Delta MVCD – Oxitec Public Educational Webinar #4: Oxitec’s Technology Part 1: How It Works and Why It Was Made to Empower Local Communities Tuesday 26 July, 2022. 5pm PT This Delta MVCD - Oxitec Public Educational Webinar, our fourth in a monthly series to continue...

Visalia & Woodlake, CA - Due to Aedes aegypti abundance, four locations in Visalia and two in Woodlake will be treated with a wide area larvicide. These locations had the highest numbers of Ae. aegypti caught compared to all other locations during the same time...

Delta MVCD – Oxitec Public Educational Webinar #3: Oxitec in California: Community Engagement, Participation, and Consultation by Delta MVCD and Oxitec Tuesday, June 21st 5:00 pm PT This Delta MVCD - Oxitec Public Educational Webinar, our third in a monthly series to...

DATE: 03 February 2022 Oxitec Announces 2022 US Pilot Plans for Mosquito Technology Oxitec, the leading developer of biological pest control solutions, announced that it is pursuing approval by federal and state regulators to implement two pilot projects in the US and...

Download FAQ here. The Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District (Delta MVCD) is interested in evaluating new technologies to help protect the public from mosquito-transmitted diseases. Oxitec, a leading developer of biological solutions to control pests that...

The Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District (DMVCD) announced it has received $188,365 in funding from a $100 million allocation provided by the State Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom in the 2021-2022 State Budget. DMVCD plans to use these funds to recoup the...

VISALIA, CA - World Mosquito Day marks the day in 1897 that Sir Ronald Ross discovered that female mosquitoes transmit malaria to people. This historic discovery laid the foundation for scientists to understand the deadly role of mosquitoes not only in malaria but...

Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District (DMVCD) has scheduled an adult mosquito treatment in southwest Visalia and Dinuba because of elevated West Nile virus (WNV) activity in mosquitoes. The treatments will take place between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM on August 19,...