For the first time, scientists have tracked the dispersion of the Oropouche virus in the Brazilian Amazon region, an important first step to control future outbreaks of a disease with more than ...

Chikungunya virus, a debilitating tropical disease caused by infected mosquito bites, poses a greater health threat in Europe than previously thought because it can be spread when air temperatures are ...

Health officials have issued an urgent warning following a surge in cases of an organ-destroying virus—and warned that holidaymakers need to take extra caution. Chikungunya is classed as a tropical ...

US health officials have issued travel advisories for Americans planning trips to certain tropical countries amid outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne disease. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oropouche virus disease (OROV) is mainly spread by the bite of a biting midge but mosquitos are also culprits. (Getty Images) (mrs ...

An unusual virus known as chikungunya sickened at least 200 people and contributed to the death of a man in northeastern Italy this year, marking the first time the tropical virus has caused a disease ...