Neurologist warns that it is a rare virus that spreads fast in children. She also added that it can prove fatal with no ...

The Centre has stepped up disease surveillance, scientific investigations and testing in the affected areas to understand and ...

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 virus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same family that includes the rabies virus, although it causes a ...

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 ...

Health authorities in the United States are issuing warnings and closing public parks due to a rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease. This week, a resident of the US state of New ...

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

North Queensland residents are being reassured by the Townsville Public Health Unit that the risk of contracting Murray ...

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 ...

In January, Queensland recorded its first locally-acquired case of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) since 2022, likely ...

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