Mosquito Menace
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Why dengue and malaria continue to plague India – and how climate change is making them worse
India needs to ramp up testing and collect better data on the prevalence of these diseases, say experts.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
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Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes
The dengue and Zika viruses are capable of increasing the amount of acetophenone their hosts produce and emit, drawing more mosquitoes toward them.
Penghua Wang, The Conversation
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Can artificial light help in the fight to control malaria?
A study explores the use of lights to trick the nocturnal mosquito species into behaving as if it is daytime.
Bernard Coetzee, The Conversation
Trending
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Dilip Naik, the Hindi film industry musician you had heard even before you heard of him
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Scientists add new weapon to war on malaria – genetically modified fungi
Cases of malaria could be reduced by 75%, field trials show.
Antonis Rokas, The Conversation
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Tech giants like Microsoft are going to help fight disease-carrying mosquitoes: Reuters
The firms are collaborating with public health officials in the United States to test tools they have developed.
Scroll Staff
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Africa: Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will get world’s first malaria vaccine in 2018
Around 3,60,000 children in the region will be vaccinated by 2020.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Watch: Musicians from Kerala perform their version of the iconic 1985 song ‘We Are The World’
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Caught on camera: Ostrich runs loose on a busy road in South Korean town
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Malaria cases are falling but so are funds to control it, says WHO
There were 212 million new cases of malaria and 429 000 deaths around the world in 2015.
Scroll Staff
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In times of chikungunya and dengue, this is how Delhi is keeping mosquitoes at bay
From wearing insect-repellent bands to fumigating schools, the capital is getting serious about fighting the winged creatures.
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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In Maharashtra, a high security prison for genetically modified mosquitoes
Mridula Chari
The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller