Vector Control Program Coordinator Lamar Rush probes local wetlands for mosquito larvae. (Photograph by Alena Maschke)

For this week’s episode of the Long Beach Business Podcast, the Business Journal went on the prowl with Vector Control Program Coordinator Lamar Rush and Vector Control Specialist Eddie Gogue to learn more about the health risks posed by mosquitoes and what’s being done to protect Long Beach residents from diseases like Zika, Dengue and Yellow Fever.