Individuals can take precautions, but broader action is needed. New study reveals severely painful disease can be transmitted across dozens of countries: '[The] expansion … is just a matter of time' ...

A pilot study has found evidence of Bartonella and Babesia infection in almost half of 50 blood samples from patients suffering chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

In a new study, Yale researchers identify the targets in the human body to which pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors bind. Their findings, they say, could help address the ...

Led by a team of Cornell faculty, the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases received a five-year, $8.7 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...

Chennai Corporation empowers entomologists to combat mosquito-borne diseases amid rising public health concerns and infections.

Scientists from the United States have conducted a systematic review to understand whether cattle increase the risk of contracting vector-borne diseases by humans. The review is currently available on ...

The U.S. government has unveiled a National Public Health Strategy to Prevent and Control Vector-Borne Diseases in People, which 17 federal departments and agencies jointly worked to develop. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The number of illnesses caused by the bite of infected mosquitoes, ticks and fleas has more than tripled in the ...

Vector-borne diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths and affect hundreds of millions of people per year. These illnesses – caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria transmitted by insects and animals ...

Emerging vector-borne diseases are an important issue in global health. Many vector-borne pathogens have appeared in new regions in the past two decades, while many endemic diseases have increased in ...