EL PASO, TX (KVIA) -- The City of El Paso has reported its fourth case of West Nile virus this year. According to the CDC, approximately 8 out of 10 individuals infected with West Nile virus remain ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Lyme Action, a leading nonprofit dedicated to increasing federal funding for Lyme disease research, applauds the new U.S. Department of Health ...

Led by a team of Cornell faculty, the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases received a five-year, $8.7 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...

WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) – Vector Borne Disease Control is launching a drone program specifically designed to help reduce the number of mosquitoes ...

The U.S. has seen an increase in mosquito-borne illnesses in recent years, and some of these infections can have serious side effects, such as coma, seizures and even death. West Nile, dengue and ...

Diseases spread by ticks and other insects are becoming more common in the United States, but a new methodology for tracking Lyme disease may overestimate the significant spike in cases seen in 2022.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Due to the number of mosquitos in the city of Johnstown testing positive for West Nile virus, the Cambria County Vector Control Department’s Mosquito-Borne Disease Control program ...

Targeted indoor residual spraying focuses insecticide applications on common resting surfaces of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (an arboviral disease vector) in houses, such as exposed lower sections of ...

New Delhi: Prompted by the early onset of monsoon the health ministry has told all air, sea and land ports to check for vector-borne diseases and implement control measures. The diseases include ...