When it comes to summertime pests, mosquitoes are public enemy number one. But why do mosquitoes bite us? Why do their bites ...

Colombia has declared a national health emergency as a deadly yellow fever outbreak kills 34 people, prompting urgent calls ...

Your blood type and your smell, and even the color of the clothes you're wearing, can affect the number of mosquito bites you ...

Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project on Feb. 13 conducted its first release of male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the Garden Isle’s vast Alakaʻi Plateau in the battle against avian malaria ...

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the lone star tick as “very aggressive,” and it seeks out human ...

The county Health Department will add a larvicide that doesn’t affect humans, pets or fish but kills mosquito larvae to local wetlands, storm drains, and catch basins.

The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District joins public health officials, agencies and cities statewide to ...

Uganda has become the 19th country to introduce the malaria vaccine in what is being called the largest rollout of this shot.

No treatment is available Powassan virus and about 10% of victims with severe cases die, while half of survivors have ...

A deadly disease is on the rise: dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that already affects millions and is spreading even further ...

It’s not rampant and I feel it’s a low risk as far as any type of outbreak, but people should be aware that this exists." ...