Dengue fever, spread by the daytime-biting Aedes aegypti mosquito, poses a significant threat, especially during monsoon seasons. These "tiger mosquitoes" thrive in urban areas with stagnant water.

The transmission of malaria by the Anopheles cruzii mosquito in the South and Southeast of Brazil was so alarming in the 1940s—with approximately 4,000 cases per 100,000 people—that the disease became ...

The transmission of malaria by the Anopheles cruzii mosquito in the South and Southeast of Brazil was so alarming in the 1940s – with approximately ...

Despite the enormous public-health, social, and economic burden of pollution, this crisis is still not treated as a medical emergency, and the response (year after year) remains limited to short-term, ...

This study presents valuable findings from a spatiotemporal analysis of arbovirus case notification data from 2013 to 2020 in Brazil, reporting associations between covariates representing potential ...

With the arrival of fall in Miami-Dade, many residents expect a break from mosquitoes. But the combination of lingering heat, heavy rains, and peak hurricane season means mosquito activity remains ...

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, resources are being sucked away from the fight against a host of debilitating ...

Health officials in Matanzas have announced a consistent decrease in dengue and chikungunya cases across the province, ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet ...

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.

Dengue mosquito breeding rapidly amid fluctuating weather conditions has resulted in a renewed health crisis with cases of the fever climbing to an alarming level. In the past 24 hours, health ...