Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Heat, redness, swelling, or pain can be signs of an infected bug bite.An untreated ...

HANOVERTON — The Ohio Department of Health has documented 50 cases of LaCrosse/California encephalitis (LACV) virus within the state –which is the highest nationally. Although West Nile virus is its ...

The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

Brevard County led the state in locally transmitted dengue fever cases in 2025 and remains under a health alert for ...

Columbus is experiencing its highest infection rate of West Nile virus in more than a decade, but the rate in Licking County is much lower despite central Ohio experiencing a surge in mosquitoes ...

Environment often indicates culprit, not appearance of bug bite alone. Mosquito, flea and bed bug bites remain most common across California. Clean, avoid scratching and monitor bites for infection or ...

THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS REPORTING THE STATE’S FIRST CONFIRMED DEATH CAUSED BY EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. THE VIRUS, BETTER KNOWN AS TRIPLE E, IS ...

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis was once the site of an epidemic that inspired the name of a rare mosquito-borne virus across the Midwest. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), St.

They came for blood — and left behind something worse. Thousands of people in China have been infected with a painful mosquito-borne virus, triggering the country’s most aggressive public health ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. The Fulton County Board of Health is asking residents to help ...

Mosquito gut bacteria, parasites, and viruses are the real reason mosquito bites can be so dangerous. A mosquito does not ...