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A plan had been drawn up to release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes in the state of Florida, focusing on the area of Key...
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A plan had been drawn up to release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes in the state of Florida, focusing on the area of Key...
This tendency, for a cow, say, over a human, or the other way around, has implications for disease transmission and for mosquito control. Scientists...
The new Caribbean disease is called “Mayaro virus.” Genetically the virus is closely related to chikungunya virus. The virus was first isolated in Trinidad...
We first became aware of naled’s potential risks when the pesticide was sprayed in Dorchester County, South Carolina, resulting in the killing off of...
French scientists are developing an insecticide designed to destroy mosquito larvae before the mosquitoes are able to hatch and transmit Zika. The trials are...
Seeking to understand how chickens generally remain free from mosquito bites (only one chicken in every 1,200 is bitten), scientists at Addis Ababa University...
Regions of the U.S. where mosquitoes are prevalent, and which are closer to other parts of the Americas, are at potential risk from Zika...
The Zika virus was first reported in 1947. For many decades it received scant attention, apart from studies in schools of tropical medicine. Now...
With that in mind, let’s have a look at these fascinating, but frightening technological advances. Duly note that some of these advances are, in...
West Nile virus is a disease spread by infected mosquitoes. When the infectious virus enters the blood stream of a person it targets the...