Activities of ticks, mosquitoes, chiggers and more start increasing in the spring. Here are tips for protecting yourself from ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium and transmitted to humans through the bite of the ...

The medication works by blocking the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), preventing the build-up of harmful ...

In a medical breakthrough, scientists in the US have found that a medicine typically prescribed for rare genetic disorders ...

Against ticks and mosquitoes that threaten to ruin our lives in spring, there is a plant with proven repellent effects.

In a major turn of event, scientists have come up with a bold new approach to control mosquito populations and combat malaria ...

Blocking this prevents the build-up of harmful disease byproducts in the human body. However, when a mosquito drinks blood containing the drug, it also blocks this HPPD enzyme in their bodies ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...