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

· Sep 13, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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

· Jul 11, 2022 · 09:30 pm

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

· May 31, 2022 · 11:30 pm

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

· Jun 06, 2019 · 11:30 pm

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

· Jul 12, 2017 · 01:10 pm

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

· Apr 24, 2017 · 05:12 pm

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

· Dec 14, 2016 · 05:00 pm

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

· Sep 28, 2016 · 06:30 am

In Maharashtra, a high security prison for genetically modified mosquitoes

Mridula Chari

· Dec 29, 2015 · 10:37 am