Mosquitoes
Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases
The six-month study conducted in regions of Uganda where malaria is endemic included 400 mothers and their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months.
Fossil of 99 million year old mosquito larva found in Myanmar amber
New York confirms first locally acquired Chikungunya case in US since 2019
Chikungunya resurfaces in U.S. after 6-year lull, CDC confirms local infection
Scientists map out mosquito immune system to help fight malaria
Malaria affects more than 200 million people worldwide and killed an estimated 405,000 people in 2018 - most of them babies and children under five years old.
Mosquitoes infected with West Nile found in Israel twice in one month
The West Nile virus has the potential to cause an infection in the brain, which can result in severe outcomes such as paralysis or fatality.
Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida and Texas
The mosquitoes released will all be male, which do not bite people and as such pose no risk to humans.
