An insistent buzzing at sunset followed by itchy, spotted legs. Here in Denmark, mosquitoes are mostly an annoying—but generally harmless—nuisance. That is far from the case in many parts of the world ...

"The mosquito is one of the deadliest animals on the planet," declared two South African researchers in a recent Nature article. This tiny insect is responsible for spreading malaria, a disease that ...

Researchers with the University of South Florida plan to leverage AI to revolutionize the monitoring and current state of mosquito control and combat the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria ...

STUDY. THIS INSECTARY AT THE BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, SO THE ROUND ONES YOU SEE, CHRISTOPHER GAZETO IS FROM UGANDA, AFRICA. MALARIA IS ONE OF OUR ...

Malaria cases have skyrocketed in Djibouti in recent years. Rachel Schraer reports on a British company helping produce ...

Chia-Yu Chen receives funding from the National Research Foundation and the Carnegie Postdoctoral Grant. Shüné Oliver receives funding from the National Research Foundation, South Africab Medical ...

IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT, IT IS WORLD MOSQUITO DAY. THE INSECTS AREN’T JUST ANNOYING. THEY KILL MORE HUMANS THAN ANY OTHER CREATURE IN THE WORLD BY INFECTING THEM WITH DISEASES LIKE MALARIA AND DENGUE ...

A model for a genetically-modified mosquito that produces malaria-combating antibodies and fails to transmit the disease has been developed. The modified Anopheles stephensi mosquito, a common carrier ...

For the first time in 20 years, nine cases of locally acquired malaria have occurred this summer in the United States: seven in Florida, one in Texas, and one in Maryland. The feverish illness is ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects to ...

Kamuli Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Ms Rose Birungi warned that misuse of the mosquito nets could undermine ...