In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that MosquitoMate, Inc. had submitted plans to infect live male mosquitoes with a bacteria called "Wolbachia pipientis," which enhances WNV infection.
The Baltimore County Board of Elections (BOE) has quietly amended Regulation .06, a rule that governs the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for the purchase of voter registration lists.