TNRD directors have rubber stamped a pair of pricer contracts to keep mosquito surveillance and abatement buzzing in seven Electoral Areas and six cities. The board unanimously approved two ...

For people with a mosquito bite allergy, also known as "skeeter syndrome," symptoms are more severe than the itchy red bump of a mosquito bite. They can include a rash, large areas of excessive ...

Except when those come in the form of insect bite marks or, even worse, a mosquito-borne disease. Having experienced the former on almost every holiday to date and the latter (alongside an ...

False. Genetically modified mosquitoes are not being used to vaccinate Australians. AAP FACTCHECK - Genetically modified mosquitoes are not being used in a Bill Gates-backed plot to vaccinate ...

Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy: genetically engineered fungi that spread through mating. This strategy offers hope for reducing malaria in high-risk regions.

An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods. Mosquitoes can survive prolonged ...

Global warming and erratic precipitation patterns have meant tropical diseases have spread to temperate climate zones, or in other words allowed mosquitoes — which are vectors for a whole range ...

Whether you're spending summer at home or in warmer climes, insect repellent is important for preventing bites and stings and the associated diseases transmitted by biting bugs. We've tested popular ...

Scientists from Australia have developed a new weapon against battling deadly diseases caused by mosquitoes: genetically engineered mosquitoes with “toxic” semen. While the concept may sound unusual, ...

Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialing the novel pest control method. The "toxic male ...

Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink blood, thereby spreading diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Photo / Warren Buckland Genetically engineered mosquitoes with ...