Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, remains a major public health challenge, particularly in Latin America. The disease is predominantly transmitted by triatomine bugs, ...

Global heating has so profoundly altered our planet that some experts argue it's no longer about a changing climate and instead about a changed climate. In other words, the hotter, more chaotic world ...

West Nile Virus was once a nominal concern for Utahns but since August 2003, when it was first detected in the Beehive State, infections in Utah residents have steadily risen.

Aired September 29 2020 As land is deforested and tick ranges expand, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses are a growing threat to humans and pets. In Part 2 of Disease Vectors in the U.S.A., ...

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors—such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks—to thrive. Subscribe to our ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy ...

$209,927 to study the long-term health effects of infectious disease on medical readiness, duty-limiting conditions and service retention, led by U of I researc ...

A new study suggests that the risk of mosquito-borne illness in Brazil will rise significantly by the year 2080, but that climate action could help. Katherine Heath of the Burnet Institute, Melbourne, ...