Although malaria elimination has been reported in 14 countries, human health risk reduction against vector-borne diseases remains dire. With neither effective treatment nor widely available ...

A global survey of 3,752 health professionals and researchers across 151 countries has identified climate change as a leading driver behind the escalation of infectious disease outbreaks, and ...

Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) represent a diverse group of infections transmitted to dogs by arthropod vectors such as ticks, fleas, mosquitoes and sandflies. These diseases are of significant ...

While organizations like the World Health Organization have cautioned that climate change could lead to more global cases and deaths from malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, experts say it's ...

The U.S. has seen an increase in mosquito-borne illnesses in recent years, and some of these infections can have serious side effects, such as coma, seizures and even death. West Nile, dengue and ...

In a recent review published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, researchers discussed the impact of climate change, weather, and other anthropogenic factors on vector-borne illness spread globally. Study ...

A blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, on a leaf. The parasite can spread anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. (Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images) Dog owners may need to be on alert for a disease many ...

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 ...

Veterinary researchers have confirmed a previously unknown tick-borne infection in dogs, and the discovery is sharpening concern that household pets can signal new threats for people long before human ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...