Tropical disease to ride mosquitoes really far north

Places where tropical diseases are now unknown—Canada and parts of Northern Europe, for instance—are due to become prime real estate for mosquitoes.

Steve Orlando-Florida • futurity
March 29, 2019 ~5 min

Stuffed mosquitoes are less likely to take a bite

A new discovery could make mosquitoes feel more full—and safer to be around.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Feb. 11, 2019 ~6 min


Dengue immunity may cut Zika infection risk

New research in Brazil suggests that people with immunity to the dengue virus may have reduced risk of Zika.

Rachel Wayne-Florida • futurity
Feb. 11, 2019 ~3 min

Awesome mosquito hearing includes our voices

Scientists thought mosquitoes didn't have what it takes to hear over long distances. They were wrong, new research suggests.

Krishna Ramanujan-Cornell • futurity
Feb. 7, 2019 ~5 min

Can parasite ‘birth control’ fight malaria’s spread?

Targeting newly discovered proteins key to the malaria parasite's life cycle could offer another weapon in the fight against the disease.

Sam Sholtis-Penn State • futurity
Jan. 31, 2019 ~5 min

Dengue infection could shield kids from Zika disease

A past dengue virus infection could keep children safe from developing symptomatic Zika disease, researchers report.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 25, 2019 ~4 min

Is malaria research leaving out the human factor?

"There's been a big focus on mosquito behavior. But you have to look at mosquitoes and people together to really understand what is going on..."

Stephanie Desmon-JHU • futurity
Jan. 22, 2019 ~4 min

Can mosquito ‘birth control’ fight disease?

In the fight against mosquitoes and the diseases they spread, researchers may have discovered a way to keep them from reproducing.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Jan. 9, 2019 ~6 min


Microscopes offer peek at mosquito virus on the move

A 3D look at how a virus travels through a mosquito's body could help keep all sorts of diseases from spreading from bug to human.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Dec. 13, 2018 ~3 min

Genome ‘blueprint’ could reveal new ways to fight mosquitoes

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can carry deadly viruses and bite with abandon, but piecemeal genetic info has stymied research. New analysis changes that.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Nov. 26, 2018 ~7 min

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