Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

A malaria test commonly used across Asia and South America “is not fit for purpose”, researchers have claimed.

For starters, a mosquito can transmit pathogens at the probing stage, which happens before it starts feeding. "It kind of ...

Drones are being used in Hawaii to drop biodegradable pods containing 1,000 male mosquitoes each. These non-biting mosquitoes ...

South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini are among 25 countries identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as having the ...

Papua accounted for 93% of Indonesia's 527,000 malaria cases in 2024, as elimination efforts continue to face multiple ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that ...

The discovery comes at a critical time. As rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns expand mosquito habitats, ...

The malaria burden varies widely across the region.

During the 1850s, soldiers returning from the Crimean War introduced plasmodium, the malaria-causing parasite, to Cork’s mosquito population.  Oliver Cromwell may have died of ‘Cork fever’, contracted ...

Thus, the winter is gradually descending on the city. Evenings and mornings are slightly nippy, and the noon remains clammy.