The transmission of malaria by the Anopheles cruzii mosquito in the South and Southeast of Brazil was so alarming in the 1940s—with approximately 4,000 cases per 100,000 people—that the disease became ...

Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the ...

The leg of a person suffering from elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne disease. (Photo: File/Standard) With a slender body, scaled wings and long legs, they are a nuisance mostly during the night. When it ...

The transmission of malaria by the Anopheles cruzii mosquito in the South and Southeast of Brazil was so alarming in the 1940s – with approximately ...

Here’s an itchy fact: Hungry female mosquitoes are often called “flying syringes.” This tiny tormentor has an exceptional sense of smell; after they sniff out a blood meal, they can triple their ...

A female Anopheles mosquito is sitting on a vine of the forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India. This genus of mosquitoes cause malaria in humans in endemic areas. “It’s essentially an arms race between ...

Local health officials are still investigating how a Pierce County woman who hadn’t traveled recently might have contracted malaria — but however it happened, the situation involved “an unusual ...

A promising strategy in the battle against malaria could offer a major step forward in controlling the mosquito-borne disease that continues to take a devastating toll in sub-Saharan Africa, including ...