A team of researchers led by Hidemasa Bono of Hiroshima University has sequenced the most complete insecticide-resistant bed bug genome to date and compared it to the genome of an insecticide ...
The new models could give antibiotics a laser-like precision to target only specific bacteria in specific parts of the body. This would represent a major step forward in the battle against the growing ...
A left lateral view of a common bed bug. Image credits: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the 1960s, bed bugs seemed doomed. After centuries of living in the shadows and tormenting ...
“The case fatality rate of tularemia is typically less than 2% but can be as high as 24%,” the research team led by CDC epidemiologist Kiersten Kugeler noted. The disease is caused by the bacterium ...
Scotland's poorest renters are seeing an invasion of disease-carrying pests including rats, cockroaches and bed bugs invade their social housing homes. A new shock report has revealed that insects and ...