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

Neighbors band together to get rid of pesky mosquitoes

When neighbors got together under scientists' direction, they reduced invasive mosquitoes in several Maryland neighborhoods by an average of 76 percent.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 2, 2018 ~4 min

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