In a breakthrough that could change the course of malaria control, scientists have discovered a new drug, nitisinone, which ...

In a major turn of event, scientists have come up with a bold new approach to control mosquito populations and combat malaria ...

"The mosquito is one ... vaccine with each bite. As The New England Journal of Medicine reported in November, the mosquitoes were infected with attenuated malaria parasites modified to die ...

One of the best ways to control mosquito populations around homes is to follow the “tip and toss” method. Here’s what to do.

Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium and transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. While the parasitic disease is usually treated with the drug ...

A warm summer night, the hum of mosquitoes filling the air, and you, slathering on DEET, waving your arms like a windmill, ...

Only a relatively small number of modified mosquitoes would need to be released for the whole population to effectively become malaria resistant, says a geneticist working on the project.

There are situations when SBET can supplement chemoprophylaxis with mosquito bite prevention and for some travelers, particularly those visiting minimal malaria risk areas, carriage of SBET and ...

A drug for a rare disease makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes and could help in the fight against malaria, researchers have found. Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...