A recent review published in PLOS Pathogens discussed the current research on the role of molecular mechanisms in mediating immune priming in insects and regulating vector-borne disease transmission.

Around the world, insects wreak havoc on public health as carriers of infectious diseases such as malaria and Zika virus. People in some regions mitigate these risks by deterring the pests from ...

Much of the Earth has been modified by humans, which has a flow-on effect on natural ecosystems, including the insects that carry disease. For the first time, researchers have examined when and how ...

The overheating of our planet and resulting changes to climates across the globe are bad news for much of life on Earth — but they're great news for mosquito populations, which are surging in the ...

Disease-carrying insects are no longer confined to the tropics or to a short summer season. From mosquitoes and ticks to the so-called kissing bug, a growing body of research shows that these vectors ...

In July 2023, a New Castle County resident was getting ready for bed when they pulled back their comforter and saw a large black and orange insect sitting on their pillow. Three months later, the same ...

Summer is nearly here, and health officials in North Carolina are ramping up their annual Fight the Bite campaign to help prevent vector-borne diseases. The state Department of Health and Human ...

Anyone considering outdoor activities and jubilances during the summer were warned of the creepy-crawly insects that tended to fester and infect people with diseases. People were highly encouraged to ...

A widespread bacteria called Wolbachia pipientis and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm, preventing them from fertilizing eggs of females that do not ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bugs, including mosquitoes and ticks, are expanding their territory because of climate change, intensifying ...