By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Dengue risk is exacerbated in highly populated areas of Brazil after extreme drought because of improvised water containers housing mosquitoes, suggests a new study in Lancet...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Sri Lankan health officials have reportedly taken steps to introduce Wolbachia bacteria into the environment starting in February. The pilot project is to be carried out in...

Viruses, spread through mosquito bites, cause human illnesses such as dengue fever, Zika and yellow fever. A new control technique harnesses a naturally occurring bacterium called Wolbachia that blocks...

On the latest Outbreak News This Week, I look at news from Florida and then expand to national and international news, and a little research. The Florida hepatitis A outbreak keeps adding up and we look...

Brazilian health authorities report that the use of the bacterium, Wolbachia, which has already been used in Rio de Janeiro, will be taken to the cities of Campo Grande, Petrolina and Belo Horizonte. The...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its partners have successfully tested releasing sterile mosquitoes from drones as part of efforts to use a nuclear technique to suppress the insect that...

Singapore health officials saw a small downtick in Zika virus cases Monday, reporting only 16 locally transmitted cases, bringing the outbreak total to 258. Of these, 11 cases are linked to the Aljunied...

“Miami-Dade County remains committed to protecting our community from the spread of the Zika virus”, Miami Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said in a news release Tuesday. “As Mayor, I am also...

In a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) press conference today following Florida Governor Rick Scott’s announcement of 10 additional autochthonous Zika virus cases, Director Dr Tom...

Miami, FL Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said Friday, after learning of the four locally acquired Zika virus cases reported in South Florida, that he was confident that Miami-Dade County is prepared to fight...