Local public health officials are the front line for responding to any disease outbreak. Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, many say that the entrenched politicization of COVID-19 has ...

Corpus Christi confirms a probable West Nile virus case, prompting targeted spraying to control mosquitoes.

Vector-borne diseases continue to pose significant global health challenges due to their widespread transmission by vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, ...

Dengue virus, a WHO grade 3 emergency, infected over 10 million individuals in 2024. With no population-effective prophylaxis or direct treatment, there is an urgent need for immediate vector control ...

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Tuesday, 4 March 2025 ...

A dead bat infected with rabies was found on Durant Avenue, Feb. 28. This finding marks the third such discovery of a rabid ...

Brazil faces a potentially historic dengue outbreak due to government negligence, the reintroduction of serotype 3, and ...

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a dual burden of health challenges, with maternal and child health (MCH) and vector-borne diseases ...

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Public health experts have been concerned about the ... Could housecats act as a vector to spread the virus from cows to people? A newly published study seems to suggest this may be possible ...

The goal, she said, is to study what she calls the leading vector of disease ... a physician and public health expert who leads the UC San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and ...

Farmers across parts of the UK have been warned as a bluetongue restriction zone has widened to cover areas in the south west. Bluetongue is a disease which is spread by biting midges and affects ...