Is China unleashing another pandemic? Chikungunya virus spreads from Guangdong Province to EuropeChikungunya virus cases surged in China's Guangdong Province during summer 2025 before spreading to Europe. France reported 700 cases and I...
15 Oct, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Las Vegas, famous for casinos and nightlife, is now swarming with mosquitoes — here are the grave consequences Sin City facesLas Vegas is experiencing a significant increase in mosquitoes, including those species capable of spreading West Nile virus and dengue. Ur...
18 Aug, 2025, 08.33 PM IST
Mosquitoes wreak havoc in China as authorities adopt COVID pandemic methods to tackle virus outbreakA virus transmitted by the bites of infected mosquitoes, chikungunya is rarely fatal, but it does cause fever and severe joint pain. It has...
06 Aug, 2025, 01.09 AM IST
Mosquitoes in the UK now carry a dangerous virus, here’s how to stay safe this summerIn a first, West Nile virus is found in UK mosquitoes. The UK Health Security Agency made the announcement. Aedes vexans mosquitoes in Nott...
21 May, 2025, 09.19 PM IST
Fossils of 130-yr-million male mosquitoes found in LebanonThe two fossilized mosquitoes, both representing the same extinct species, are similar in size and appearance to modern mosquitoes, though ...
06 Dec, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
Study finds higher temperatures can make dengue virus more virulentIncreasing temperatures could make the Dengue virus more virulent, according to researchers at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology. T...
24 Aug, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
Fighting mosquito-borne diseases: Scientists pinpoint drug target for dengue, zika & other virusesResearchers have found a new way to tackle infectious mosquito-born viruses, such as dengue and Zika. A study published in the journal Cell...
16 Aug, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
US issues alert after first local malaria spread in 20 yearsFour malaria cases detected in Florida and one in Texas, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both Texas and Florida...
27 Jun, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
What is the Difference between Zika Virus, Dengue, Chikungunya? Know symptomsZika virus, dengue and chikungunya are spread by the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.
18 Dec, 2022, 08.16 PM IST
The West Nile Virus: What it is and here is what you should knowInfected mosquitoes of the Culex species transmit the West Nile Virus. Symptoms among those infected include fever and headaches, while chr...
03 Jun, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Zika mosquito may transmit dengue, chikungunya with one biteThe findings shed new light on what is known as a co- infection, which scientists say is not yet fully understood and may be fairly common ...
20 May, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
Zika may be spread by 35 mosquito species, says studyOut of these total 35, 26 are previously unsuspected ones.
01 Mar, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
New 'super-infected' mosquitoes may help fight dengue, ZikaStudies show that when a mosquito bites an infected person, the ability of the virus to spread throughout the Wolbachia-infected insect's t...
19 Feb, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
Zika virus: Symptoms, treatment & preventionHaving caused worldwide concern because of its connection to a neurological birth disorder, we list some facts about it.
29 Jan, 2016, 01.47 PM IST
Global warming could make insecticides less effectiveResearchers from Montana State University in US showed that permethrin becomes less effective at killing the yellowfever mosquito as temper...
01 Dec, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Your genes may make you more attractive to mosquitoesThe study is built on previous research where it was shown that attractiveness to insects is based on differences in body odour.
23 Apr, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
Doctors asked to contain Japanese Encephalitis spread in Arunachal Pradesh, toll rises to 3The minister had convened a high level meeting today to assess the situation, the preventive steps initiated, and the steps required furthe...
07 Aug, 2014, 03.08 PM IST