However, the paper points out that 700,000 people die each year from mosquito bites — we didn’t verify that, but according to the article that’s twice the number of people murdered each year.

The dengue virus is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected mosquito. Only a few mosquito species are vectors for the dengue virus. What is a vector? A vector is a vehicle that carries ...

A non-native mosquito capable of spreading diseases and hasn't been seen in Alameda County for a decade has been found in a Pleasanton neighborhood, county officials said Thursday. Residents are ...

The health repercussions of Hurricane Milton could last long after the initial impact, scientists have warned. Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm along ...

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Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...

Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California. Dengue, the world’s most common mosquito-borne illness, is not transmitted directly from ...

The World Mosquito Programme team says it could be a solution to a virus that has gone around the world. Few people had heard of dengue 50 years ago, but it has been a relentless slow-burning ...

For more information, visit our medical review board. Ever notice that when you scratch a mosquito bite it just makes it itchier? There's a reason for that — and a way to treat that itch so it's ...

Driven in part by climate change, epidemics from mosquito-spread viruses are occurring with increasing frequency. Yet few among the American public are worried about getting West Nile or dengue ...

Driven in part by climate change, epidemics from mosquito-spread viruses are occurring with increasing frequency. As of Oct. 1, 880 U.S. cases of West Nile virus were reported this year ...