A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds ...
The grantmaking organization Open Philanthropy has awarded funding for a University of California San Diego technology ...
When they pierce the skin of their targets, including humans, their saliva can produce an itchy irritation. That same saliva can also deliver bacterial and viral infections, such as West Nile and Zika ...
South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini are among 25 countries identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as having the potential to eliminate malaria by 2025.
The malaria burden varies widely across the region.
The discovery comes at a critical time. As rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns expand mosquito habitats, ...
Dengue fever, spread by the daytime-biting Aedes aegypti mosquito, poses a significant threat, especially during monsoon ...
From January to September, they registered 2,982 malaria cases, and this translates into an average of 331.3 percent tested and treated malaria cases per month ...
Over the last one and a half decades we have seen malaria incidence, morbidity, and mortality decreasing. Ethiopia was ...
In high-burden counties, weak lab skills lead to unnecessary antimalarial prescriptions, accelerating drug resistance. Now, a ...
Climate change and human-made shelters have created survivable habitat for the cold-adapted mosquito species Culiseta ...
The highly resilient Anopheles funestus, which thrives in dry seasons and defies common insecticides, is undoing years of ...