An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides, according to ...

One of the most popular smart solutions to mosquito control is the use of ultrasonic mosquito repellers. These gadgets emit ...

Of the handful of parasite species that cause malaria in humans, Plasmodium falciparum is the deadliest. When an infected female Anopheles mosquito feeds on a person, it injects saliva into the ...

Once endemic, malaria was eradicated in the United States last century. Hotter temperatures are allowing these mosquitoes to spread in areas where malaria has not historically been a problem ...

We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention now, but malaria alone kills more than 400,000 people a ...

Hotter temperatures and wetter weather are making it easier for mosquitoes — which spread both dengue and malaria — to thrive. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits dengue, does best when ...

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The number of malaria cases worldwide reached 263 million last year, an increase of 11 million cases from 2022 amid stalled progress to eliminate the mosquito-borne illness, according to a new report.

Resistance to drugs that have been the gold-standard treatment for malaria is spreading, the report said, and mosquitoes are increasingly resistant to the insecticides used to treat bed nets.

This day commemorates the 1897 discovery by British physician Sir Ronald Ross, who identified the link between mosquitoes and ...

Ruth Kavere 65, demonstrates to use a mosquito net with her granddaughter Faith, 3, who completed doses through the world’s first malaria vaccine pilot program, at home in Mukuli on March 7 ...