Mosquitoes are annoying and potentially dangerous insects that transmit diseases like malaria, Zika, and West Nile. Smelly, harmful chemicals are a last resort in a battle against mosquitoes – there ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible ...

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department had written to the PMC environment department in the last week of ...

Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Facts Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

Cambodian scientist Yeang Chheang has spent six decades fighting malaria—even in the Khmer Rouge labor camp where his wife ...

Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of severe health problems in newborns and young children. The protective role and limitations of serum maternal RSV antibodies in infants ...

Viruses cannot replicate very well in humans, which means transmission from mosquitoes is often very difficult. One might think arboviruses continually evolve in ways that enable them to infect ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 ... infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly, which is when a baby's head is much smaller than expected, and other congenital ...

The spread of these mosquitoes, driven by urbanization and ... where it poses a risk of causing serious defects in babies like microcephaly and other neurological problems. This research draws ...