A dengue fever outbreak has been declared for the Central Division following the number surpassing the threshold for an ...

The Ministry of Health has declared a Dengue Fever outbreak for the Central Division. It says the Central Division has ...

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 ...

New research suggests an existing medicine could turn human blood into poison for mosquitos, killing them within hours.

Nitisinone, usually prescribed for metabolic disorders, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood. Researchers have explored a new approach to combat malaria using nitisinone, a drug ...

Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...