The mosquito species that carries malaria is present in the state, though local cases have been historically rare New Jersey may be dealing with its first locally-acquired malaria case in over 30 ...

University of South Florida researchers are using community photos and artificial intelligence to identify which types of disease-carrying and invasive species are in the Tampa Bay area. It's mosquito ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Baylor University are studying where mosquitoes are moving and how they're adapting in order to help fight one of ...

Soaking fabrics in a commonly used insect repellent is a simple and effective tool as mosquito bites become more common during daytime, study shows ...

Mosquitoes that readily transmit malarial parasites carry the FREP1 amino acid known as L224 (red dots inside mosquitoes and marked with “L”). The newly developed system uses an allelic gene drive ...

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 ...

MORRIS COUNTY (WABC) -- New Jersey health officials are investigating a case of malaria in Morris County with no international travel. The New Jersey Department of Health is working with the U.S.

Sara Perry saw the ravages of disease as an Air Force nurse working with troops in Hong Kong, India and Morocco. But several recent Washington area deaths attributed to West Nile virus, and the ...

SOUROUKOUDINGA, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics debate, by letting loose thousands of ...

Daniel Stolte, science writer for UA Communications, tells us: For years, researchers worldwide have attempted to create genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot infect humans with malaria. Those ...