Mosquitoes should be given malaria drugs to clear their infection so they can no longer spread the disease, say US researchers. Malaria parasites, which kill nearly 600,000 people a year, mostly children, are spread by female mosquitoes when they drink blood. Current efforts aim to kill mosquitoes with insecticide rather than curing them of malaria. … Read more
3 hours ago By Philippa Roxby, Health reporter Getty Images Mosquitoes can spread disease from person to person, and from place to place An invasive species of mosquito has been found in 13 countries in the EU, including France, Spain and Greece, with experts linking their discovery to a rise in dengue fever in Europe. Climate change … Read more
It may take at least a fortnight for the city to get the services of 150 workers for mosquito control measures even as pest attack remains unabated in the city. Mayor M. Anilkumar had announced at the last meeting of the Kochi Corporation that 150 more workers would be hired to augment pest control measures … Read more
Pretoria: The world has not yet won the war against malaria. While the total number of cases has declined from about 81.1 cases per 1,000 population to 59 per 1,000 since 2000, there were still an estimated 240 million cases and 600,000 deaths in 2020 globally. Malaria remains a menace across Africa. The continent carries … Read more
Infecting the mosquitoes with a different bug slams the brakes on dengue fever, trial finds. Source link