What’s happening, told honestly.
This page lists no dated dispatches yet. What we already publish is below: the live European surveillance record, the journal and the open datasets.
Zero-chemical mosquito protection for babies and toddlers 0 to 3: the bedroom canopy guide for European parents
From the newborn cot to the toddler bed, the safest mosquito protection for a child aged 0 to 3 in Italy, France or Germany is the same thing every paediatric and public-health body recommends: an untreated fine-mesh net over the sleep space, with no chemistry on the skin or in the air. Repellents become age-permitted at low concentration from two months, but the child's own bedroom stays the place for the zero-chemical barrier. This guide sets out the age ladder, why the untreated bedroom canopy is the default across the whole 0 to 3 band, and the practical setup for the 2026 season.
ReadDo mosquito sprays still work? An honest guide to insecticide resistance
Sprays and foggers can still kill mosquitoes, but in a growing number of places the mosquitoes now survive doses that once killed them. This explainer sets out what insecticide resistance actually is, what a new measurement of it found, and why layered, non-chemical prevention is the durable answer.
ReadSummer 2026 baby mosquito protection: the under-6-months rule, and what parents do this week
For a baby under six months, every paediatric and public-health body that has published on the question says the same thing: do not put repellent on the skin, and put a fine-mesh untreated net over the cot, pram and sleep space. The Asian tiger mosquito season across southern Europe is now long, the 2025 surveillance data confirm autochthonous transmission in new departments, and a 2026 summer action guide for parents of a young infant is mostly a question of getting the right net, getting the fit right, and cutting breeding sites around the house. This is the practical guide for that work.
ReadYour outdoor room, mosquito-free: terrace gazebo vs. fixed screen installation
A European household protecting a 4 × 4 m terrace or gazebo from Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens in 2026 is choosing between two architectures: a fixed frame screen on every window and door, measured and installed by a tradesperson, or a free-standing untreated mesh gazebo that drops over the whole seating area. The price band for a professionally measured, custom-made, retrofitted frame screen sits at roughly 200 EUR per window in Germany, Austria, France, Italy and the Benelux. The Mosticare Terrazza TE-UNO covers a complete 4 × 4 m outdoor room for 150 EUR as a single product. The right answer depends on what the household actually wants to protect: the open window, the seating area, or both.
ReadMosquitoes in Spain: the species, the seasons, and the real disease risk (2026)
Yes, Spain has mosquitoes, and they are more than a summer nuisance. The common house mosquito bites across the country from spring to autumn, and the invasive Asian tiger mosquito is now established along most of the Mediterranean coast, the Balearics, and increasingly inland. This is the plain-language guide to which mosquitoes you meet in Spain, where and when they bite, the low but real disease risk, and how to protect a household without fear or gadgets.
ReadMosticare Terrazza TE-UNO: the untreated mosquito-net gazebo for the 4 × 4 m outdoor room
The Terrazza TE-UNO is a free-standing, 4 × 4 m, fully untreated mosquito-net gazebo for the terrace, the balcony and the courtyard. The mesh is 156-count polyester (25 holes per cm²), the shade roof is solid, the standing height is 3.0 to 3.5 m, the weight is 20 kg, the price is 150 EUR. It carries no permethrin, no WHO prequalification, no EU BPR authorisation. The barrier is purely geometric: a mesh fine enough that the tiger mosquito cannot pass through, with nothing on it that you breathe, touch or eat.
ReadAre there tiger mosquitoes in Croatia? Split, the Dalmatian coast, and what the bite really means
Yes. The Asian tiger mosquito has been established along the Croatian coast, Split included, for well over a decade. Here is what the ECDC and Croatian data actually say about where it lives, the short seasonal risk window, how to recognise it, and the cheap barrier-first steps that keep it off you.
ReadHow to protect yourself from West Nile virus mosquito bites: the household physical-barrier layer, with truthful claims about nets, screens, treated products, and repellents
There is no human vaccine against West Nile virus and no specific antiviral. The protection layer sits in the household, not the clinic. This article is the practical guide to the four-part barrier that works: a net over the bed, screens on the windows, source reduction around the house, and age-appropriate repellent use at dusk. Every claim is sourced; every product class is treated separately.
ReadWest Nile virus in Europe 2026: what you need to know
West Nile virus is now endemic in southern and southeast Europe, and the 2026 ECDC surveillance shows it has widened to five countries with eleven affected areas as of 8 July. This is the evergreen hub on the disease, the vector, the 2026 season, and the protection layer every household in the affected region has under its own control.
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