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 ...

Mosquitoes have long been among humanity’s most formidable adversaries, plaguing us for thousands of years and causing more deaths than any other animal. With traditional control methods facing ...

Summer barbecues have a special place in my heart. The smell of charcoal-grilled burgers. Ice-cold fizzy drinks. Music, laughs—and the incessant buzzing of mosquitoes. While mostly a nuisance at ...

Researchers have created a "mosquito STD" in an effort to stop the pesky pests from spreading malaria to humans.A team of researchers that included a University of Maryland entomologist came up with a ...

Amid the preparatory discussions for COP30, which also involve health-related topics, a study contributes to our understanding of the relationship between deforestation and the spread of malaria in ...

Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, and requires completing an epic journey within the tiny body of a ...

A Morris County resident may have contracted the illness locally, which would be the first known instance in decades of someone being exposed while in the state. By Samantha Latson New Jersey ...

As an American medical resident in a global health program in Uganda 12 years ago, Dr. Ross Boyce saw the devastating toll of malaria firsthand. About half of the patients he saw in a rural clinic had ...

A malaria research center in Mutare, Zimbabwe helps test insecticide resistance. The critical work almost ended with USAID ...