Las Vegas is experiencing a significant increase in mosquitoes, including those species capable of spreading West Nile virus and dengue. Ur...

China is implementing Covid-like measures to combat a growing chikungunya outbreak, with over 7,000 cases reported since July. Foshan, the ...

The World Health Organization has issued a warning about the resurgence of the chikungunya virus, reminiscent of the 2004-2005 epidemic. Or...

The Karnataka Health Department has issued an advisory in response to the detection of the Zika virus in a mosquito species in Chikkaballap...

Health authorities commonly fog mosquito-infested areas with clouds of insecticide, and resistance has long been a concern, but the scale o...

Zika virus, dengue and chikungunya are spread by the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.

For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing tool Crispr-Cas9 to render humans effectively invisible in the eyes of Aedes aegy...

America is releasing mosquitoes to disarm mosquitoes.

A mosquito's preference can shift if that person's smell is associated with an unpleasant sensation.

San Francisco, July 23 (IANS) Google's parent company Alphabet and scientists in the US have teamed up to release 20 million machine-raised...

Zika virus disease is caused by a virus primarily transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus, main...

As part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed here between ICMR and Monash University, the efficacy of the disease-control method will be...

Aedes aegypti apparently survives colder winters in Washington DC by entering sewers, which it does not do in other habitats.

The study conducted in Guatemala, documented a cheap, easy system to reduce virus-carrying Aedes genus mosquitoes by capturing and destroyi...

Key factors that can combine to produce a Zika virus outbreak are expected to be present in 50 US cities during peak summer months, a new s...

Studies show that when a mosquito bites an infected person, the ability of the virus to spread throughout the Wolbachia-infected insect's t...

The intensified efforts of the government follow the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Zika an international public health emergenc...