The occasional showers in the summer season make the perfect breeding situation for mosquitoes, giving way to mosquito-borne infections. Malaria and dengue are rampant during the summer season, and it ...

It was 10 a.m. on a Monday when a young patient entered my office, screaming and complaining of the worst headache of her life. She described feeling as though her bones were breaking and had a ...

This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported nearly 3,000 dengue fever cases in the US, a significant increase compared to previous years. These record numbers of dengue fever ...

The illness, which can be fatal, is spread by mosquitoes Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. Getty (2) Puerto Rico has ...

Very overweight children infected with dengue appear to be at higher risk of hospitalization, according to researchers who say more public awareness is needed about the risks of obesity and severe ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday warned doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records. The virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, has been ...

Five Austin-Travis County residents have contracted dengue fever after traveling internationally this year, according to Fox 7 Austin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says dengue is a ...

Orange County Mosquito Control crews are "focusing on eliminating the breed of mosquito" known to carry dengue after two cases were reported in Orange County. The two cases were contracted locally, ...

Meningitis, often mistaken for flu or dengue, poses a severe threat due to its rapid escalation and potential for permanent ...

The mosquito-borne disease has been found in a few people who acquired it in Florida and in several others who got it during travels to countries where the disease is more common. According to the ...

Dengue fever, a potentially fatal, tropical mosquito-borne disease, has been diagnosed more than 50 times in Massachusetts this year, on pace to break local records, according to numbers released by ...