The battle to drastically reduce, if not totally eradicate, dengue cases must involve yearlong efforts. It cannot be a ...

The V.I. Department of Health is urging residents to take immediate precautions as the number of dengue virus cases rises on St. Croix. Health officials have confirmed 15 cases in 2025, all occurring ...

These factors are called the epidemiological triad and include host (the patient), pathogen (here, the 'dengue virus') and the environment. Lastly, the quality of the diagnostic test for dengue ...

The Director of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Specialist Dr. S.D.U.M. Ranga, has revealed that approximately 74 members of the hospital staff have contracted dengue fever over the past month. Dr.

But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by the dengue virus, primarily transmitted through the bite of aedes mosquitoes. In severe cases, the disease can progress to life ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Scientists have already identified that the virus mutated inside the Louisiana patient who died, raising concerns that bird flu may mutate, evolve and change in future. Currently, the symptoms of ...

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...

Townsville Public Health Unit said on Friday that one person had tested positive for the rare Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and another for dengue virus. The individual with JEV is receiving ...

“If we get a tourist come in with dengue virus in their blood, it could infect one of those mosquitoes, and through just bad luck it looks like it has infected one or possibly a couple of people ...

An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...