For decades, Art Hains was the familiar voice of Missouri State sports. After commentating on a game in 2022, Hains suddenly ...

CDC has issued travel health notices for four countries contending with chikungunya outbreaks in recent months. What to know ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported a new human case of West Nile virus in Randall County, with at least ...

In 2024, a Washington Post analysis showed that the average number of mosquito days — days with an average humidity of at ...

In 2024, "sloth fever" hit the news cycle as a new public health threat: The virus was found in people who'd recently ...

In 2024, public health officials were on high alert as a wave of "sloth fever" cases appeared in travelers returning to the ...

The analysis used electronic medical record data to identify risk factors for neuroinvasive illness and death after West Nile ...

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Older people with a history of chronic kidney disease or conditions affecting blood flow to the brain such as stroke face ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus, and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of ...

These trends threaten to undermine progress made in tackling animal vector-borne pathogens, including decades of investment and emerging technologies such as harnessing bacteria, genetic engineering ...