The government should launch a field trial of genetically modified insects, according to a House of Lords report.

Four people died, while 1 200 others were treated for malaria in Karoi town following an outbreak that occurred in the past two months, Mashonaland West provincial medical director Dr Wancelous Nya

The World Health Organization (WHO) has explained a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malaria elimination, with prevention efforts saving millions of dollars in healthc

New estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malaria elimination, with prevention efforts saving millions of dollars in healthcare costs over the past 14 years in many African countries.

A species of mosquito known to be a major carrier of dangerous malaria parasites has been genetically modified to become infertile.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat lopment known for its development model, has poorly performed in curbing vector-borne dise ases.

While the civic health department has claimed that number of suspected dengue cases has come down to 13 in the last three months this year, compared to 38 last year.

More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly exposed to the impacts of climate change, UN

US scientists have bred a genetically modified mosquito that is incapable of spreading malaria to humans, according to reports.

Malaria continues to impose enormous health and economic burdens on the developing world. Novel technologies proposed to reduce the impact of the disease include the introgression of parasite-resistance genes into mosquito populations, thereby modifying the ability of the vector to transmit the pathogens. Such genes have been developed for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Here we provide evidence for a highly efficient gene-drive system that can spread these antimalarial genes into a target vector population.

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