A team of scientists, including researchers at UCSD, have developed a gene-editing method to block mosquitoes from spreading ...

Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 million people with malaria, leading to nearly 600,000 deaths, 80% of which were ...

The World Health Organization has warned of a global threat from the Chikungunya virus, as outbreaks surge across regions ...

Mosquitoes are highly visual hunters when it comes to finding a human to bite. This means movement and dark clothing colors like black, navy and red can stand out to a mosquito. Research has shown ...

A KILLER virus that makes the body “fold in on itself” is spreading fast and could soon affect billions across the globe, world health chiefs have warned. Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease ...

The newly developed system uses CRISPR-Cas9 “scissors” and a guide RNA to make a genetic cut at a precise location within the mosquito’s genome. It then replaces the unwanted amino acid that transmits ...

Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 ...

The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the ...

Chikungunya, for which there is no specific treatment, can cause rapid and large outbreaks as the mosquitoes bite in the ...

The World Health Organisation warns of a possible global chikungunya outbreak. With confirmed cases rising in Europe, new outbreaks in Africa and Asia ...

The World Health Organization has issued a warning about the resurgence of the chikungunya virus, reminiscent of the ...