Leading the nation in cancer diagnoses is Maine, which recorded 650 cancer cases per 100,000 residents in 2021—the highest in the U.S. The most common cancer in Maine is breast cancer, followed ...

A newly released pesticide usage map paints a troubling picture of chemical reliance in the United States. This data-rich ...

Dengue fever is an acute mosquito-borne viral infection that results in a heavy social burden in many tropical and subtropical regions. Accurate forecasts of dengue outbreak allow the local health ...

The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year ...

A groundbreaking study of 1.2 million veterans reveals your home state dramatically impacts dementia risk. Southeast ...

A new study, published recently in Nature Communications, offers the first-ever map of which parts of the Chikungunya virus ...

Dr. Sarah Short, an associate professor of entomology at Ohio State University, points out that not everyone faces the same risk from mosquitoes. It depends ...

A serious dengue outbreak has struck Barguna municipality, with five out of its nine wards identified as high-risk zones, according to a report by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and ...

The map represents a flawed understanding of New World geography, such as picturing California as an island. Many maps of the Americas were produced during the period of exploration and colonial ...