New research suggests an existing medicine could turn human blood into poison for mosquitos, killing them within hours.

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...

Texas Standard’s go-to insect expert gets a few constant questions, including this one: “Do some people attract mosquitoes or ...

In 2024, a year when there were more than 13 million cases registered globally, over 8,000 people died. Dengue patients, ...

Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

The inoculation period can take up to five days and the same mosquito can infect several people. “The virus has a phase in the human being and another in the mosquito. The human being is the ...

It could provide another tool to reduce deadly insect populations. Mosquitoes are considered the deadliest animal on the ...

A mosquito disinfection crew was out on Friday to eliminate mosquitoes in the Ierokipia municipality following complaints ...

Some people develop encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain. Photo shows A mosquito biting a human. A Bowen man is believed to be the first Queenslander to die from the mosquito-borne ...

Carlson said the “aggressive, people-biting” can sometimes make up 50 percent of Minnesota’s mosquitoes. In past years, that fraction was much smaller. There will probably be surges of other ...