ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — The summer is in full swing, and as the temperatures rise, health officials are warning about vector-borne illnesses. In biology terms, vectors are living organisms that can ...

A study coordinated by CIRAD, involving several research organisations including IRD (France), ICIPE (Kenya), Stellenbosch ...

Disease vectors are living organisms, typically arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, sandflies, and triatomine bugs, that biologically or mechanically transmit pathogenic agents between hosts, ...

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors—such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks—to thrive. Subscribe to our ...

Global heating has so profoundly altered our planet that some experts argue it's no longer about a changing climate and instead about a changed climate. In other words, the hotter, more chaotic world ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged ...

Yibin Zhu’s work highlights how microbiota from both the hosts and vectors can either promote or suppress virus transmission.

A new study suggests that the risk of mosquito-borne illness in Brazil will rise significantly by the year 2080, but that climate action could help. Katherine Heath of the Burnet Institute, Melbourne, ...