My name is Zera, a female anopheles mosquito and this is a day in my life. When I’m around, they enjoy the music I bring; they’re always clapping and shaking their heads for me. It’s not easy being a ...

An adult female Anopheles mosquito bites a human body. Health officials are investigating a case of possibly locally acquired malaria in New Jersey, just weeks after a health department in Washington ...

The worst part is that it doesn't stop at mere itching and irritation. They could also be carrying a host of diseases that have the potential to lead to severe complications, and in some cases, even ...

For the first time in 20 years, malaria is spreading locally within the United States. Seven cases of malaria, a serious disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito, ...

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito. James Gathany / ASSOCIATED PRESS Mosquitoes are back in North ...

A high-pitched buzzing sound in your ear is an unmistakable sign that a female mosquito is out on the hunt - for they, not males, drink blood. Hearing that tone might make you turn to try to swat the ...

“We now have it within our power to eradicate from the face of the earth that age-old scourge of mankind: malaria.” So said President Eisenhower last week in his State of the Union speech (see ...

An invasion of tropical diseases could be on the cards for North America and much of Europe as disease-carrying mosquitoes expand their range towards the poles. Mosquitoes are known to be the world's ...