A fungal infection solution could help eliminate up to 86% of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, offering a powerful new tool in the global fight against the disease, according to new research. Subscribe to ...
The genetic engineering of mosquitoes offers a potentially transformative, self-sustaining opportunity for malaria control and elimination in Africa. By rendering mosquitoes unable to transmit the ...
By Milliam MurigiBy Milliam MurigiAcross Africa, new-generation bed nets are being rolled out to fight malaria and tackle growing insecticide resistance.Unlike the standard insecticide- treated nets ...
A New Jersey resident has developed a case of malaria without having traveled internationally, potentially making it the first locally transmitted case in decades, state health officials say. The ...
Jenny Carlson Donnelly traveled to malaria-affected countries to test mosquitoes and save lives. Then she lost her job at U.S.A.I.D. Credit...Cheriss May for The New York Times Supported by Lost ...
Malaria and other vector-borne diseases, including dengue and Zika, affect millions globally. More than 400 000 people a year die from malaria alone. If proven safe, effective and affordable, ...
Major Obstacles Still Remain before the strain can be released from the lab, soberly notes Art Chimes at Voice of America. "Creating a genetically-modified mosquito to prevent malaria transmission is ...
An insistent buzzing at sunset followed by itchy, spotted legs. Here in Denmark, mosquitoes are mostly an annoying – but generally harmless – nuisance. That is far from the case in many parts of the ...
A genetic technology known as a gene drive could help prevent malaria by spreading genes in wild mosquitoes that stop them transmitting the parasite. Tests in a lab in Tanzania have now confirmed that ...
Treating baby wraps with insect repellent could be an effective and scalable way to protect young children in Africa from ...
Mosquitoes are an uncomfortable, itchy nuisance. But for people in sub-Saharan Africa, a bite could mean death. The pests are living incubators for the parasite that causes malaria. Roughly 600,000 ...
In sub-Saharan Africa, a child under 5 dies nearly every minute from malaria. Babies are especially vulnerable. New research suggests that there might be a pretty simple way to protect them during the ...