Brazil has launched the world's largest biofactory for mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacterium, a natural method to combat dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya. This innovative, nature-based strategy ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of people die from such infections every year ...

Mosquitoes rely on more than just chance when choosing a target. This video explores the science behind their attraction to ...

Along with a mild fever, symptoms of the mosquito-borne illness include bone-deep, aching pain in the joints and behind the eyes. In severe cases, blood vessels begin to leak. And in the worst cases, ...

The genetic engineering of mosquitoes offers a potentially transformative, self-sustaining opportunity for malaria control and elimination in Africa. By rendering mosquitoes unable to transmit the ...

U.S. health officials have issued travel advisories for Americans planning trips to certain tropical countries amid outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne disease. The Centers for Disease Control ...

A "high level drug dealer" utilised a fake removals company as cover and smothered his shipments in Vicks vapour rub while exporting wholesale quantities of cannabis. Carl Aldridge also plotted to ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Winter weather and cold temperatures have arrived and it’s a time riddled with congestion and runny noses that coincides with breaking out the Vicks VapoRub for many. VapoRub ...