
In the latest attempt to stem the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, scientists are now planning to release millions of mosquitoes infected with bacteria in areas of Brazil and Colombia.
In the latest attempt to stem the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, scientists are now planning to release millions of mosquitoes infected with bacteria in areas of Brazil and Colombia.
Zika is spreading in southeast Asia, but with minimal screening and reporting, the number of official cases remains unusually low.…
The World Health Organization (WHO) declined to classify the ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of…
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Malaria and the mosquitoes that carry it met a formidable foe in the form of nets laced with deadly pesticides…
Over the last few years, scientists have explored a number of different approaches to genetically modify mosquitoes in order to…
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