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

Distance can lull us into thinking malaria is someone else’s problem. But it isn’t. Its ripple effects are felt far beyond ...

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

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

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

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

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

Deaths from the mosquito-borne illness malaria disproportionately affect children under the age of 5—more than 1,200 children ...

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 ...

The malaria burden varies widely across the region.

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