Educating people in areas affected by Ebola about how the disease spreads through communities is consistently the most effective strategy for halting an epidemic

A UF/IFAS research team collected 20 female and 19 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes as eggs, raised them to adults and tested the adults for the Zika virus RNA

Implant could offer long-acting, removable form of prevention not currently available

Multi-institutional team reports a method—called 3D genome assembly—that can create a human reference genome, entirely from scratch, for less than $10,000

Sandia prototype dramatically cuts cost, time for detection of mosquito-borne illness

TB bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to treatments—more than 250,000 deaths in 2015 from drug-resistant infections

DNA of a common insect parasite could help fight dengue, Zika, and malaria

Using unique mouse model, researchers believe they can develop treatment or vaccine targets in order to fight virus

The findings are key to unraveling the mysteries of why the Zika virus causes birth defects

Results from Penn-Duke-NIH team highlight the promise of mRNA-based vaccines and therapies