The Centers for Disease Control has issued a travel alert about a “higher-than-usual” number of cases of a potentially fatal ...

(LEX 18) — The Kentucky Department for Public Health has issued a statewide Health Alert due to a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile Virus and La Crosse encephalitis virus. On ...

Mosquito and tick season is approaching, and experts say a single bite from an infected insect could leave people seriously ...

The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

The Salt Lake County Health Department has found St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) in several mosquito pools in Salt Lake County for the first time. That adds to the mosquito-borne illness risk, ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials emphasized that the advisory does not call for canceling travel plans, ...

A mosquito is very small, but its bite can be fatal to a human. A mosquito's midgut is a biological gatekeeper that separates ...

BEAUFORT — The S.C. Department of Health has reported the first death related to eastern equine encephalitis in the state in more than 20 years. The fatality occurred in Beaufort County. “While cases ...

Environment often indicates culprit, not appearance of bug bite alone. Mosquito, flea and bed bug bites remain most common across California. Clean, avoid scratching and monitor bites for infection or ...

A Ballykelly mum whose daughter needed treatment for mosquito bites welcomes a QUB study into insect numbers in Northern ...