Here's Why It's A Very Bad Idea To Wipe Mosquitoes Off The Face Of The Earth

It would be hard to find an insect more despised these days than the mosquito. The blood-sucking pest is considered more lethal to humans than any other animal in the world...

Instead Of Killing Mosquitoes, Why Don’t We Edit The Viruses Out Of Them?

In the fight against zika—the mosquito-spread virus recently declared an international public health emergency due to its potential link with a brain deformity in inf...

Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably A Bad Idea

But what would a world free of mosquitoes look like? Would it be an Earth in which the infectious diseases that plague millions are completely, permanently, and mercifully ...

Six Questions About The Zika Virus, Answered

Some doctors in Brazil have been warning women not to get pregnant, and last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel advisories suggesting pregnan...

Six Questions About The Zika Virus, Answered

Some doctors in Brazil have been warning women not to get pregnant, and last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel advisories suggesting pregnan...

Climate Change Is Killing Us, Literally — And Here’s How

Climate change may be bad for people but it's good for bugs. Germs of all kinds, as well as mosquitoes and other disease carriers, will live longer in warmer weather becaus...

Climate Change Is Killing Us, Literally ??And Here's How

Climate change may be bad for people but it's good for bugs. Germs of all kinds, as well as mosquitoes and other disease carriers, will live longer in warmer weather becaus...

War on the ‘Malaria mayhem’ in Mumbai reduces infection by 80%

How did the local government, a thinktank, tiffin box delivery men and a superhero reduce infections so dramatically?

Indians take to the streets in celebration as ...

India dengue fever cases 300 times higher than officially reported

Study by US and Indian researchers finds nearly 6m annual clinically diagnosed dengue cases between 2006 and 2012 The annual number of dengue fever cases in India is nearly...