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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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Will bring back electoral bonds after wider consultations, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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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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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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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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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future