After a mosquito bite led to a severe infection, a nine-year-old girl from Australia spent days in the hospital ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously recommended that U.S. travelers ages 12 years and ...

County officials said helicopter larvicide drops will be done next Wednesday and Thursday, if necessary, to cover nearly ...

Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official ...

Zika virus manipulated human skin cells to release mosquito-attracting odors. Insights into the virus’s transmission tactics can help curb its spread.

MOSQUITOES are not just an itchy nuisance; they are dangerous carriers of numerous infectious diseases. Globally, mosquitoes ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

As human activity alters the environment, kissing bugs and parasites will ultimately adapt. The geographic range of infected ...

Many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly as disease-carrying Aedes mosquitoes expand into new habitats. In fact, last year was the worst on record for reported dengue virus cases. Dengue ...

The state plans on releasing thousands of bioengineered mosquitoes as “birth control” in Maui forests, hoping it will curb insect populations and slow the spread of avian malaria.

Infected female aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread dengue to people through bites. And some parts of the U.S. are home to the pesky insects, including Florida. “Globally, dengue cases have ...

The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times ...