Everything hurt. For the first time in my life, I could feel the tiny muscles behind my eyeballs. And they ached. It all ached. I
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Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of Zika virus. It’s a relatively unknown mosquito-borne infection that causes only mild illness and is barely distinguishable
Just because summer is over doesn’t mean mosquitoes are out of the picture. On December 10, the World Health Organization reported two locally acquired cases
On December 9, Australia’s Northern Territory health department warned residents that this season’s mosquito numbers and high tide do not bode well for risk of
Mother Nature decided that four serotypes of the dengue virus was not enough, so she threw number five our way. Nikos Vasilakis, PhD of the
According to a recent study published in Science magazine, the Maryland-based biotechnology firm Sanaria might have succeeded where many others have failed. Their phase I
Malaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the potential to
About half of the world is at risk of a virus that Americans don’t know at all. For Americans, dengue fever is about as foreign as the metric system
A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found a link between West Nile virus prevalence and land use, climate and wildlife populations
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that dengue is the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease. As reported by Reuters, dengue is a threat that