A multi-agency expert team has been sent to support field operations as Gujarat reports 22 child deaths, while scientists ...

Chandipura virus has killed 22 in Gujarat, highlighting the deadly brain infection's symptoms, risks, outbreaks, and ...

When news of children losing their lives to an illness spreads, it naturally raises fear and many questions. That is exactly ...

With our summer dominated by wet weather and booming mosquito populations, health authorities have been alert to the threat of mosquito-borne disease. One such disease is Japanese encephalitis virus, ...

The last two summers have been swarming with mosquitoes thanks to near constant rain and flooding brought on by La Niña. With the return of El Niño, and hot, dry summer in store, what's the outlook ...

Where there’s water, you’ll find mosquitoes – including some that transmit viruses that can make us seriously ill. Authorities have been on alert after an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis last summer ...

The City of Kingsville will begin spraying for mosquitoes tonight after two mosquito samples tested positive for St. Louis ...

The Union health ministry has deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen ...

A rare and deadly mosquito-borne disease has been popping up again this summer: eastern equine encephalitis, a viral illness that causes brain swelling in severe cases and has claimed at least one ...

Social media users are baselessly linking an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus among people in southern Australia to COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting the virus is a side effect of the shots. The ...

Cooler temperatures are fading our memories of summer and reducing numbers of mosquitoes in southern parts of Australia. But up north, warmer temperatures and plenty of rain will keep mosquitoes ...