Tap Water Access Linked to Dengue Virus Risk
Dengue virus is among growing number of mosquito-borne viruses that have adapted to spread in urban environments and are spreading with the increasing rate of…
Dengue Fever
Army-Developed Experimental Zika Vaccine Induces Potent Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies
A new study led by scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has shown for the first time that a single dose of…
Mutated Protein Allows Flu’s Lethality in Some Patients
The flu can be lethal in some patients, but benign in others. The reason that this is the way that flu infections work might be…
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Diseases
Out of the 750,000 different species of insects covering Earth, there are about 14,000 that feed on blood, getting their sustenance by puncturing the skin…