Scientists have urged the World Health Organization to declare the 'discrete and deadly event' a global health emergency.

For decades, the running joke has been that men are melodramatic babies when their temperature ticks up past 37.5°C. Here is the thing, though: biology is genuinely playing favourites. It turns out ...

Bangladesh is in the grip of the country's worst-ever dengue fever outbreak, with hospitals overflowing and social media flooded with pleas for blood donors.

Israel is preparing for a possible new attack against Iran. The Israeli security cabinet, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the armed forces to intensify preparations for a ...

Pope Leo XIV headed to his second homeland on Wednesday, returning to the place that he credits with teaching him how to be a pastor and where a nationwide party awaits to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Health officials across the Tampa Bay area are stepping up mosquito control efforts as the number of locally acquired dengue fever cases continues to rise. Hillsborough County says it ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — After days of rain across the Tampa Bay area, local mosquito control teams are ramping up efforts to prevent standing water from fueling a larger dengue outbreak. Statewide ...