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Lab Study Finds Aedes aegypti Can Learn to Seek DEET Scent

The result suggests faded traces of DEET could become a learned cue for feeding and so may change how repellents should be applied.

Climate Change Could Bring Chikungunya to Temperate Cities by 2100

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Argentina Traps Rodents Near Ushuaia to Probe Cruise Ship Hantavirus Cluster

Early Tick Season Drives Decade‑High ER Visits for Tick Bites, CDC Says

Argentina Chikungunya Outbreak Deepens as Salta Cases Jump 45% to 1,172

Piura Confirms Five Leptospirosis Deaths as Aggressive Strain Drives 177 Cases

Two Brazilian Scientists Named to Time’s 2026 List of the 100 Most Influential People

Mexico’s Measles Wave Recedes as Peru Sounds Puno Alert and Argentina Reports First Chikungunya Death

Argentina Chikungunya Outbreak Accelerates, With Salta at the Epicenter

Argentina Reports Localized Chikungunya and Dengue as Provinces Tighten Surveillance

Chikungunya Response Widens as Border Outbreak Centers on Salvador Mazza

Santiago del Estero Confirms Local Chikungunya Cases as Northern Argentina Outbreak Widens

Brazil Accelerates Dengue Vaccination as Butantan Moves Up 1.3 Million Doses

Peru Declares Dengue Emergency After Heavy Rains as Jujuy Intensifies Home Cleanups

Santa Fe Detects Aedes Aegypti in 32 Neighborhoods as Province Marks Another Week With No Dengue Cases

Argentina Raises Hantavirus Alert With Cases Concentrated in Central Region

New Surveys Flag Dengue Hotspots in Brazil as Cities Restart Control Drives

Jalisco Dengue Cases Plunge as Cold-Tolerant Mosquitoes Prompt Winter Warning

Yucatán Opens ‘Good Mosquito’ Factory to Lead Mexico’s Wolbachia Rollout

Latin American Health Agencies Step Up Cemetery Dengue Controls for Day of the Dead