A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate ...

In a victory for public health and the environment, the British biotech firm Oxitec and CSIRO have withdrawn their application to commercially release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes ...

More than 3 million cases of dengue fever have been reported in the Americas this year with over 882 in the United States, according to the CDC. This is the second highest annual rate in the Americas ...

MIAMI (AP) — The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease.

FLORIDA, USA — Nearly everyone has been bitten by a mosquito before. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 200 types of mosquitoes live in the United States, and about 12 ...