A new study published Wednesday suggests that a rare medication has the potential to make human blood deadly to mosquitoes.

Most cases of the flea-borne disease are cropping up in Texas and California, and it may be due to cat fleas finding a new host — possums. Other outbreak news includes new genetic identifiers for ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library tells the story of Newark-born Ewing Israel Thrapp's U.S. Navy service.

A yellow fever vaccine is prepared as U.S. military members attend to patients as part of a program with Panama's Health ...

The U.S. is on alert for dengue fever during the busy spring break season as cases of the mosquito-borne illness continue to ...

The United States cutting funding to Gavi, an organisation that provides vaccines to the world's poorest countries, could ...

Courtesy of On March 9, a group of 12 students, faculty, and staff made their way to John F. Kennedy International Airport to embark on a 11 day trip to Cochabamba, Bolivia and the surrounding areas.

With increased travel to and from warmer climates, concerns regarding the mosquito-borne disease known as dengue fever are ...

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting ...

Spring has sprung and you want to clean up the garden. But wait! Leave stalks and leaves alone because they are beneficial ...

If you are an adult with a fever over 104 F (40 C), call your healthcare provider. If it is over 105 F (40.5 C), go to your nearest emergency room. For a newborn, a fever of 100.4 F (38 C) requires ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who recently returned from the United Kingdom and was diagnosed with Lassa fever.