A relatively old drug -- metformin -- may hold the key to preventing life-threatening illness and bolstering human longevity, ...

CDC warns travelers to China about enhanced chikungunya risk in Guangdong Province, recommending vaccines, insect repellent and protective clothing.

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New Jersey government agencies are urging precautions against the mosquito-borne illness after multiple positive cases in ...

“You take the virus, grow it up, purify it and kill it with an inactivating agent. That’s a whole-killed viral vaccine,” said ...

Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the ...

The first West Nile virus human case in Dane County was confirmed Thursday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Public Health Madison and ...

The City of Abilene will spray additional insecticide this week after mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus. During routine trapping and testing, mosquitoes from two areas were found carrying ...

Mosquitoes in Imperial County tested positive for Saint Louis Encephalitis (SLE) virus, which can cause brain inflammation, and residents are urged to take precautions to reduce the risk of ...

The first West Nile Virus death of a Larimer County resident in Northern Colorado so far this year was reported by health ...

Eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in Benzie County as state health officials urge residents to take precautions against mosquito bites.