Malaria, dengue, Zika virus, and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of people die from such infections every year. David Hancock was almost one of ...

For some, the high-pitched buzz of a mosquito has become even more sinister than usual. In Massachusetts, a coastal county called Plymouth has shut down its parks and fields between dusk and dawn in ...

Improved climate conditions in Europe for a range of climate-sensitive infectious diseases increase the risk of local transmission. Researchers are fighting back with early warning systems that ...

There is growing alarm in China that official efforts to contain an outbreak of Chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne disease spreading in the south of the country, are infringing on people’s rights. In ...