Zika virus spreading through the Americas
The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is suspected of causing brain damage to babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to al...
Latin America travel alert over Zika virus
US health officials have issued a travel warning for 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America whe...
Malaria alters smell to attract mosquitoes
Malaria may alter the way people smell to make them more alluring to mosquitoes, research has shown. Experiments with mi...
Mosquito virus spreads to Central America
The mosquito-born chikungunya virus is spreading into Central America, health authorities there say, after outbreaks in ...