And while there is no shortage of mosquito repellents and zappers along with an endless list of tips and tricks to keep ...

Courtney Cotter, DO, an allergy and immunology doctor at Nationwide Children's Hospital, to break down everything you need to know about managing your mosquito bite. Start the day smarter.

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 ...

While there may be fewer mosquitoes, those that survive bite more often. "We're finding that mosquitoes bite people more than we imagined, unfortunately," Holmes said. And mosquitoes appear to be ...

But how do these repellents actually work? A great deal of research has gone into understanding how and why female mosquitoes – they are the ones that bite us – are attracted to people.

Despite the constant presence of mosquitoes, the risk of disease transmission fluctuates throughout the year between high and low risk months.