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Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a ...

There's currently no vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. The best way to prevent tick-borne diseases is to prevent tick bites. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in Canada. However, for ...

A 75-year-old Irish tourist has died in India of suspected dengue fever, according to local reports. The Irishman was found dead in his room at a homestay in Fort Kochi on Sunday. It has been ...

Reddit has acknowledged on social media that technical issues appear to be causing the popular message board service to suffer some outages. The problems appeared to have begun on Wednesday and ...

Other than the the itching associated with mosquito bites, side effects were limited. The researchers are now keen to replicate their results in a larger trial. The work “should be followed by ...

A villager in Boli county in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, was bitten on the left hand by a tiger and is currently being treated at a medical facility. The injured has stable vital ...

The family warns others, especially those who are immunocompromised, about the dangers of West Nile Virus. “A mosquito bite can ruin your life,” Kevorkian said. “If you’re on immunosuppressants, ...

As Mike Tyson prepares to step back into the ring tonight against Jake Paul, the boxing world looks back on one of Tyson's most infamous moments. On June 28, 1997, Tyson was disqualified in the ...

A Southampton woman was able to receive treatment for an infected insect bite at her local pharmacy thanks to a new scheme. Viv O’Connor noticed her bite had become red and inflamed, so visited ...

When one mosquito bite somewhere sunny could ruin a decade, a new vaccine could save the day. As of this week, Alberta pharmacies and travel clinics can now vaccinate with IXCHIQ (pronounced iks ...