Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert on Tuesday advising health care providers and public health authorities about an elevated risk of dengue fever infections in the ...

Puerto Rico has declared a dengue fever epidemic following a spike in cases, prompting questions about the mosquito-borne virus. The U.S. territory declared the public health emergency Monday, ...

In a new study, scientists have discovered more about how the body protects against dengue fever, one of the world's most common mosquito-borne illnesses, prompting hopes for more effective vaccines ...

Genomic surveillance of the evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus has been essential for managing the COVID-19 pandemic, helping researchers identify new variants, track their circulation, and create new vaccines ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers Michael Rossmann and Richard Kuhn have been at the forefront of discovery with the help of a technology that recently led to a Nobel Prize in ...

(Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) The team also identified regions within the Zika virus structure where it differs from other flaviviruses, the family of viruses to which Zika belongs that ...

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of the dengue viruses, feeding on the human skin, 2005. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / James Gathany. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ...

We're right in the middle of mosquito season, when humid conditions increase the risk of mosquito-borne diseases being spread to humans through the bugs' itchy bites. This week in Maine, officials ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory warning of an increase in dengue virus infections this year. Dengue is a viral disease caused by any of the four dengue ...