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It sounds like the premise for a 1950s horror movie: release 750 million genetically altered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys and see what happens. But Florida and the federal government have approved this plan for 2021 and...

Cases of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria seem to be increasing in Australia. The bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans can bring about Buruli ulcers - non-healing sores that slowly grow bigger. The ulcers are already a...

Cases of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria seem to be increasing in Australia. The bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans can bring about Buruli ulcers, non-healing sores that slowly grow bigger. The ulcers are already a huge...

Fourteen cases of Zika virus have been reported in the Miami area, leading Center for Disease Control (CDC) officials to issue a health alert for pregnant women and their partners living and traveling in that area of Florida...

If you're concerned about the Zika virus or simply keen to prevent pesky mosquito bites, you may not have to use DEET-filled sprays or citronella candles anymore...

Mosquitoes may be small, but they are a pretty big problem when it comes to public health in many areas of the globe. Now, a Chinese ‘mosquito factory’ is doing something about it that may become a widespread practice:...

Scientists at MIT are proposing the use of a controversial “gene drive” technology to wipe out the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus, the rapidly spreading illness that causes babies to be born with small heads and...

Mosquitoes are a pain in the, well, wherever they get you. The little flying insects are known around the world as awful pests, but in some areas, they are feared for their potential to inject you with a disease that could...

After 30 years in development, the first-ever malaria vaccine has received a positive recommendation from a European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee. GlaxoSmithKline announced this morning that Mosquirix, which has been...

After 30 years in development, the first-ever malaria vaccine has received a positive recommendation from a European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee. GlaxoSmithKline announced this morning that Mosquirix, which has been...

  In an attempt to curb outbreaks of two devastating tropical diseases in the Florida Keys, the FDA is proposing the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the area...

Mosquitoes are one of summer's biggest buzz-kills, but slathering on filled with toxic DEET chemicals isn’t a very appealing way to ward off the bugs either...

Mosquito photo from Shutterstock Malaria is a devastating disease that afflicts 216 million people around the world every year - and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), about half of the world's population is...

Mosquito photo from Shutterstock Malaria is a devastating disease that afflicts 216 million people around the world every year - and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), about half of the world's population is...

As people take to campgrounds and beaches in search of a little R&R this summer, insects of various shapes and sizes are rubbing their little feet (forelegs?) together in glee at the smorgasbord they'll get to sample...