Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

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 ...

Mosquitoes are more than pests. They’re also a mortal threat, contributing to millions of cases of malaria a year. Fortunately for humans, however, a team of researchers has recently identified a ...

Malaria is caused by parasites that are spread by mosquitoes when they feed on human blood. (Image credit: BSIP via Getty Images) In another experiment, the researchers modeled how nitisinone ...

Scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes in the hope of stopping the spread of malaria. The technique, which uses genes taken from the honeybee and the African clawed frog, blocks normal ...

And because some species transmit human pathogens, including West Nile virus, malaria, and the Zika virus ... you can invest in a commercial mosquito trap or try one of these homemade weapons ...

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers and malaria risk. One of these includes the ...

By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey and Dorcas StephensAccra, April 08, GNA – Madam Eunice Teah Dzagli, Health Promotion Officer at the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate (GARHD) says the use of ...

Emory University has been awarded $2.8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and test an innovative, low-cost solution for controlling Anopheles stephensi, an invasive mosquito ...

Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted through the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. Health experts said zoonotic malaria – carried by monkeys and spread to humans through ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects to ...

Eunice Teah Dzagli, Health Promotion Officer at the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate (GARHD) says the use of mosquito nets as trap doors ... reduce the risk of malaria.