Category: Mosquito Bourne Diseases
AI is joining the fight against mosquito-borne diseases
World Economic Forum This is a new kind of mosquito trap. It was developed by scientists at the University of South Florida who say it can track the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Giving public health officials the information they need to monitor and control outbreaks
Jul 9, 2025
As Mosquito Season Peaks, Officials Brace for New Normal of Dengue Cases
KFF Dengue Case Rates Rise in California, Florida, and Texas The number of dengue cases per million residents nearly doubled in the contiguous United States from 2023 to 2024 — and almost tripled in California. Florida’s big jump came earlier. Most cases were contracted abroad. As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control […]
Jul 2, 2025
Illinois confirms first 2025 human case of West Nile virus
Chicago Sun Times The case this year is the earliest detection in nearly a decade. The virus carried by mosquitoes poses the greatest risk to people over 65 and the immunocompromised. A downstate resident has tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the first detection of the mosquito-transmitted disease in humans in Illinois this year […]
Jun 25, 2025
We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?
Washington Post Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions. They buzz, they bite, and they cause some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Mosquitoes are perhaps the planet’s most universally reviled animals. If we could zap them off the face of the Earth, […]
Jun 3, 2025
Yellow fever cases spike in South America and near Caribbean
CNW The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a new Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) highlighting a sharp increase in yellow fever cases across the Americas, warning that the public health threat remains high in 2025. According to the report, released on May 23, confirmed human cases of yellow fever have surged to 221 so […]
May 28, 2025
DOH investigating travel-related Zika case on Oʻahu
Maui Now The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a confirmed travel-related case of Zika virus on Oʻahu, along with two individuals who may have been exposed. The DOH asks for support in reducing the potential for the spread of Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitoes. Vector control teams are responding and will continue […]
May 28, 2025
Yellow Fever Resurgence Could Make COVID Look ‘Pale’ by Comparison
Science Alert Yellow fever is a dangerous mosquito-borne virus that, for hundreds of years, has caused sporadic, deadly outbreaks in the tropics of South America, Central America, and Africa. According to a new perspective from infectious disease specialists and the Yellow Fever Advisory Group, the chances of the virus going global have only increased with each passing decade. A recent resurgence in yellow fever […]
May 21, 2025
Panama’s Malaria Outbreak Produces Two Fatalities
VAX Before Travel In 1904, the Isthmus of Panama reported that tropical diseases such as malaria led to the death of an estimated 12,000 workers during the Panama Canal project. Over 100 years later, the mosquito-transmitted malaria continues to impact the health of the Republic of Panama. On May 9, 2025, Panama’s Ministry of Health […]
May 14, 2025
The deadly riddle of blackwater fever: the search for answers over illness killing Uganda’s children
The Guardian A dangerous complication of malaria turns urine dark with blood – but only affects some young patients in rural areas and not others. Puzzled experts are trying to find out why. By the age of six, Babirye Zainab had already contracted malaria several times. Her grandmother did not see it as a big […]
May 14, 2025
The virus that stalks urban neighborhoods
Yale Climate Connections West Nile sickened hundreds in the most affluent residential area in Dallas in 2012. Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sacramento suffer from hot spots, too. What’s helping it thrive in cities? Each summer, as mosquitoes begin to buzz, the risk of West Nile virus quietly rises — and cities aren’t immune. In 2012, […]
May 7, 2025