In previous work, the same lab identified a peptide that binds to mosquito epithelia. An excess of peptide can swamp out parasite–epithelial interactions, thus preventing the parasite from ...

The more carbon dioxide you’re breathing (especially when running, moving your hands about or jumping), the more mosquito bites you’ll likely end up with. Pregnant people also attract more ...

With summer heating up, mosquito bites are on the rise. Female mosquitoes cause these bites when they feed on human blood, ...

Ten communities in Massachusetts are now designated at high or critical risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, that spreads through the bite of an infected mosquito, officials say.

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...