Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — There is no cure for the common cold. But there are cures — or at least vaccines — for other viruses, and researchers are working hard to build a toolbox to be able to rapidly ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert on Tuesday advising health care providers and public health authorities about an elevated risk of dengue fever infections in the ...

Butantan-DV is the world's first single-dose dengue vaccine and will initially be administered to people aged 12 to 59. Learn more.

(Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) The team also identified regions within the Zika virus structure where it differs from other flaviviruses, the family of viruses to which Zika belongs that ...

Puerto Rico has declared a dengue fever epidemic following a spike in cases, prompting questions about the mosquito-borne virus. The U.S. territory declared the public health emergency Monday, ...

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of the dengue viruses, feeding on the human skin, 2005. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / James Gathany. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ...

There are many reasons to look forward to summertime, from beach weather to planning the perfect getaway. Then, there are those pesky mosquitoes that try to land on you, ruining all the fun. As if the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory warning of an increase in dengue virus infections this year. Dengue is a viral disease caused by any of the four dengue ...

The world’s first single-dose vaccine to prevent dengue fever has been approved for licensure in one of the largest countries ...