dengue fever

Health officials in the Florida Keys say they've confirmed four new cases of Dengue fever. That brings the total number of cases reported this year in…

Bug spray, swollen welts, citronella. It’s mosquito season.And in a normal year, the health department serving Ohio’s Delaware County would be setting out…

Health officials say they've confirmed an 11th case of the mosquito-borne dengue fever in the Florida Keys.So far all 11 cases have been in Key Largo,…

Some of the reasons for the surge are expected — heavy rainfalls create lots of pools where mosquitoes can breed. But there are some surprising factors, like the Zika virus.

Scientists are trying to flip the script on control of mosquitoes in an effort to combat dengue fever. Instead of trying to wipe them out, they're infecting them with bacteria.

Dengue afflicts nearly 400 million people worldwide every year, but a vaccine has remained elusive. New research offers a path forward.

Public health officials confirmed the 18 th case of dengue fever in Hillsborough County this year. But this case is different- while the first 17 were...

A protester was removed from a talk in Orlando on Friday about genetically modified mosquitoes. Oxitec, the company that wants to release genetically…

South Florida has one more reason to hate mosquitoes: Miami-Dade County Health officials announced a case of locally-acquired Dengue fever Tuesday night...

The British firm that developed the strain of mosquito says it has already tested the insect in tropical countries and found it can reduce populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes by 90 percent.