Many cause only mild symptoms, but some can lead to serious illness. And increasingly, they're circulating right here in the U.S. By Catherine Roberts, Kevin Loria Few of us will forget the Zika virus ...

Mosquito control officials recently sprayed a pesticide to kill mosquitoes in Bradenton, where at least three people have caught the dengue virus. The move came after health officials reported new ...

The researchers tested the mosquitoes, identifying 21 mosquito-borne pathogens. Officials sound alarm after disease-carrying ...

Warming temperatures are pushing dengue into new regions of the world — and one of the most promising antiviral drugs ever ...

It may sound unusual that a little bug could be this deadly, but it’s true. Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, yellow ...

The mosquito-borne disease chikungunya has a higher global burden than previously estimated, an international team of researchers reports in BMJ Global Health. The analysis concludes that between 2011 ...

Man’s deadliest predator takes more than a million lives each year and is no bigger than your fingernail. To mark mosquito season, history professor Dr. Timothy Winegard sits down with Dr. Sanjay ...

In Texas, mosquito bites are more than just an annoyance. Mosquitoes can transmit diseases that can make you and your family sick. Some mosquito-borne diseases can cause birth defects and others can ...

The leg of a person suffering from elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne disease. (Photo: File/Standard) With a slender body, scaled wings and long legs, they are a nuisance mostly during the night. When it ...

An elderly Surf Coast man has described the ordeal of contracting a mosquito-borne disease as reports of cases increased 50 ...

Outbreaks of several infectious diseases in Cuba have killed dozens and are reportedly overwhelming the island’s hospitals and mortuaries. Cuba is confronting one of its most serious infectious ...