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 ...

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A new study from the Cary Institute found 10% of ticks sampled carried multiple pathogens, including those that cause Lyme and babesiosis.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University will take part in a new consortium aimed at producing research and training programs related to vector-borne diseases such as those transmitted by mosquitoes and ...

On a blisteringly hot, sunny day this summer, Emory University researcher Arabella Lewis made her way through the underbrush in a patch of woods in Putnam County, Georgia, about an hour southeast of ...

More ticks in the U.S. Northeast now carry multiple diseases, raising risks as Lyme and babesiosis co-infections climb.

Scientists warn that unpredictable climate swings could bring mosquito-borne disease outbreaks years earlier than expected, urging governments to act now on surveillance and preparedness. Study: ...

John Roehrig ended up on the front lines of the U.S. response to West Nile virus. Roehrig's work on the virus is still one of the biggest chapters of his storied career as his family looks back on his ...

New Jersey residents are facing a worrying public health challenge. A report has confirmed that ticks carrying Lyme disease have been detected in all 21 counties across the state, raising fresh ...

Introduction: Current topics in the population biology of infectious diseases -- Heterogeneity, stochasticity and complexity in the dynamics and control of mosquito-borne pathogens -- Seven challenges ...