Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium and transmitted to humans through the bite of the ...

In a nutshell A rare disease drug may help fight malaria. Nitisinone, a medication approved for rare genetic conditions, ...

Morphology is the study of the form and structure of organisms, including their physical characteristics such as shape, size ...

The U.S. is on alert for dengue fever during the busy spring break season as cases of the mosquito-borne illness continue to ...

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

Vector control officials are warning that swimming pools in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades could turn into breeding ...

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new scientific ...

A warm summer night, the hum of mosquitoes filling the air, and you, slathering on DEET, waving your arms like a windmill, ...

Dr. Jorge Rey is the FMCA president and professor at the University of Florida’s Medical Entomology Laboratory.

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

The UK has identified 24 infectious diseases that could become serious public health threats in the future.Some of these ...

As the Director of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory at the University of Florida, I am fortunate to have access to ...