This video makes me itch: up-close footage of a mosquito drinking someone's blood is the kind of thing that I can't stand ...

As nations in the Pacific attempt to “fight the bite” of dengue fever, Fiji’s Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a ...

Interestingly, in 2016 a pair of researchers in Brazil named Marcos Sterkel and Pedro Oliveira discovered that blood-feeding insects, such as fleas, flies, and mosquitoes have evolved the ability ...

A study by the University of Washington found that mosquitoes seem to be attracted to certain colors while ignoring others.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

Drinking water is being tested for lead in schools and childcare centers and families can see where any unhealthy facilities ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...

A drug used to treat a rare inherited disease has been found to make human blood toxic to malaria-carrying mosquitoes. It could provide another tool to reduce deadly insect populations. Mosquitoes are ...

A rare genetic disease drug makes human blood toxic to mosquitoes The drug may replace conventional malaria drug ivermectin Proper dosage is needed to make it environmentally safe In a bid to fight ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have found that a drug typically used to treat rare diseases could make human blood lethal to mosquitoes, potentially offering a new ...

So what happens when mosquitoes drink blood containing nitisinone? They become paralyzed and die, often within 24 hours. It’s as if they’ve ingested poison. Unlike traditional insecticides ...