According to a recent study in Nature Communications, mosquitoes are increasingly spreading across the globe through trade ...

Blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) on a leaf, carrier of the Lyme disease, 2005. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / James Gathany, William L. Nicholson. (Photo by Smith ...

Lyme disease was first described in the United States in 1975, after two concerned mothers in Old Lyme, Connecticut, reached out to rheumatologists at Yale University regarding an influx of pediatric ...

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 ...

As part of the response, vector control activities in Monkey Mountain have been significantly strengthened and remain ongoing. Local personnel have been ...

Understanding how infectious diseases spread is crucial for public safety, according to Dr. Sameer Bhati. Diseases transmit through air, direct/indirect contact, vectors, and contaminated food/water.

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully treated someone suffering from Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic illness ...

Given that globalization has increased the risk of outbreaks escalating into pandemics, understanding transmission mechanisms of infectious diseases have become very important to formulate global ...

From record heatwaves and toxic air to longer dengue seasons, 2025 showed how climate change reshaped India's disease ...