What if, instead of killing mosquitoes that carry malaria, we tried to kill the tiny malaria parasite inside the skeeters before they could pass it on to humans when they bit? That's a question that ...

It sounds like a contradiction, but it’s true: Insecticide-treated mosquito nets are effective even against some insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, a new study shows. Mosquito nets treated with ...

Mosquito Nets must be valued not only for the comfortable sleep but also for keeping all forms of diseases away. From dengue to chikungunya, mosquitoes are the main source of them. No matter even if ...

A novel class of bed net that kills mosquitoes resistant to traditional insecticides by making them unable to move or fly, significantly reduces malaria infection in children, according to new ...

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A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research. A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research published in ...

In areas of the world where malaria is rampant, mosquito nets save lives, especially treated mosquito nets. In recent decades, the mass distribution of bed nets treated with insecticides has played a ...

Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bed nets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets are not up yet. More than 200 million people get malaria each ...

Ruth Uwamahoro clutched her toddler son tight. The strength of the small boy’s fever burned against the skin of her arms. It was a cool July morning atop the rolling hills of Rwanda’s Rwamagana ...

Last week, in honor of World Malaria Day, viewers of “American Idol” were urged to donate $10 for an insecticide-treated bed net to save an African child from malaria, the mosquito-transmitted scourge ...