Scientists are exploring new ways to combat malaria, a deadly disease spread through mosquito bites. A recent study shows ...

Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these ...

Tens of thousands of genetically modified mosquitos are being released every week in Djibouti as the tiny Horn of Africa ...

The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fueling a surge in ...

Delhi-NCR is grappling with a surge in mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, and Japanese encephalitis.

East Africa faces a deadly new threat from the arrival of Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito native to Asia and the Middle East that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticides. The World ...

But the emergence of an invasive species of mosquito on the continent could massively increase those numbers. Anopheles stephensi is native to parts of South Asia and the Middle East but was ...

Malaria is usually spread through a bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. In rare cases, malaria can spread through blood transfusions, organ transplants or sharing contaminated needles.