While researchers gain new insights into the transmission of Buruli ulcer in Australia, public health specialists in Africa are working to engage traditional healers. Sophie Cousins reports.

Not all mosquitoes are to blame, however. Every bloodsucking malaria vector comes from those within the group Anopheles leucosphyrus, which encompasses a comparatively small portion of the planet’s ...

The team calculated that the mosquitos likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some 2 ...

The preference of some mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group — including those that transmit malaria — for feeding on humans ...

The preference of some mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group—including those that transmit ...

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

By Clem Seecharan Clem Seecharan is Emeritus Professor of History, London Metropolitan University, and the author of books on ...

In 2024, cases rose to 2,449, prompting the local administration to declare a malaria emergency in October to speed up mitigation efforts. Since then, authorities have extended the emergency status 20 ...

Africa risks missing its 2030 malaria elimination target as funding gaps threaten millions ...

These parameters help distinguish mosquito species such as Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex, which are vectors for dengue, malaria ...

Discover the story of Dr. Jesse William Lazear, who sacrificed his life to prove the link between yellow fever and mosquitoes, paving the way for public health revolutions and major engineering ...