My name is Zera, a female anopheles mosquito and this is a day in my life. When I’m around, they enjoy the music I bring; they’re always clapping and shaking their heads for me. It’s not easy being a ...

The worst part is that it doesn't stop at mere itching and irritation. They could also be carrying a host of diseases that have the potential to lead to severe complications, and in some cases, even ...

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito. James Gathany / ASSOCIATED PRESS Mosquitoes are back in North ...

A high-pitched buzzing sound in your ear is an unmistakable sign that a female mosquito is out on the hunt - for they, not males, drink blood. Hearing that tone might make you turn to try to swat the ...

In 2024, cases rose to 2,449, prompting the local administration to declare a malaria emergency in October to speed up mitigation efforts. Since then, authorities have extended the emergency status 20 ...

Researchers from Kenya’s Medical Research Institute have detected a new species of mosquito in the East African nation that has shown resistance to locally used insecticides and the potential to ...

For the first time in 20 years, malaria is spreading locally within the United States. Seven cases of malaria, a serious disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito, ...

An adult female Anopheles mosquito bites a human body. Malaria has spread from mosquitoes to humans inside the U.S. for the first time in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

“We now have it within our power to eradicate from the face of the earth that age-old scourge of mankind: malaria.” So said President Eisenhower last week in his State of the Union speech (see ...