A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Here are some simple tricks for preventing tick bites and techniques for removing them if they do bite.

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Pathogenic tick-borne viruses (TBVs) are a global threat to public and veterinary health. In this Review, Cao and colleagues highlight the diversity of the tick virome, review human and animal TBV pathogens, outline clinical features of human TBV infections, describe factors impacting ticks and TBV spread, and discuss the need for integrated One Health control strategies.

Mosquitoes comprise a large family, Culicidae, of slender, scale-covered flies found worldwide. We think of mosquitoes as voracious blood-feeders, but the primary food of adult mosquitoes is actually ...

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!

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Historical anatomy textbooks are built on the bodies of prisoners, the poor and the powerless – and we’re still using them today.

In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.

Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tick cells to study its impact and reveal host antiviral responses and key restriction factors.

Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

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Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tic...

An executive order suspends the use of federal funds for certain experiments on pathogens with pandemic potential. Critics say low-risk science could be affected too.

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