Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Florida to combat the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika. These mosquitoes are designed to reduce the population of ...

In 2004, a remarkable life-saving public-private health project began on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of ...

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear the brunt of malaria cases in the world. In this region 11 countries account for ...

Mosquitoes don’t target everyone equally, some people are irresistible snacks, while others get ignored.The ordinary choices we make daily, from what we drink to what we wear, might be sending ...

According to the 2024 report of the World Health Organisation (WHO), there was an average of 15,945 malaria deaths in Uganda ...

The menace of mosquito-borne illnesses is growing in the US and the contributing factors range from climate change to their expanding habitats. The solution could lie in genetically modified ...

Malaria deaths in the country have remained unacceptably high, with a 2024 World Health Organisation report citing at least 43 deaths daily in 2023. Despite the use of various tools to fight the ...

Dengue fever is at record levels around the globe, with this trend now beginning to be reflected in Australia as the mosquito species that carries the virus spreads. It means a simple bite could ...

New research suggests an existing medicine could turn human blood into poison for mosquitos, killing them within hours.

Ahead of World Malaria Day, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium pioneering genetic technologies for malaria ...

Puerto Rico’s mosquito suppression program consists of three steps to find and exterminate infected mosquitoes.