(CNN) — Genetically engineered mosquitoes have been released in the tiny East African country of Djibouti to combat a surge in malaria infections caused by an invasive vector. The mosquito species has ...

Summer barbecues have a special place in my heart. The smell of charcoal-grilled burgers. Ice-cold fizzy drinks. Music, laughs—and the incessant buzzing of mosquitoes. While mostly a nuisance at ...

Malaria and other vector-borne diseases, including dengue and Zika, affect millions globally. More than 400 000 people a year die from malaria alone. If proven safe, effective and affordable, ...

Daniel Stolte, science writer for UA Communications, tells us: For years, researchers worldwide have attempted to create genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot infect humans with malaria. Those ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that ...

Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 million people with malaria, leading to nearly 600,000 deaths, 80% of which were ...

In the hope of finding a new way to fight malaria, scientists have used a spider gene to genetically engineer a fungus to produce a venom that can quickly kill mosquitoes. The modified fungus was a ...

Malaria isn’t a pretty disease, and it’s one that’s difficult to control because it’s spread widely by mosquitoes. Researchers may have come up with a way to help stop its spread, however, using ...

They buzz, they bite, and they cause some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Mosquitoes are perhaps the planet’s most universally reviled animals. If we could zap them off the face of the ...

MIAMI (AP) — Federal authorities gave final approval Friday to a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida, but none of the insects will be immediately dispatched in the state’s fight ...