A collaborative, grant-funded program called Vector Educational Center for Training, Outreach and Resources, VECTOR, aims to expand and improve control capacity against vector-borne diseases across ...

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 ...

Scientists from the United States have conducted a systematic review to understand whether cattle increase the risk of contracting vector-borne diseases by humans. The review is currently available on ...

Led by a team of Cornell faculty, the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases received a five-year, $8.7 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...

Scientists at Virginia Tech say they have found a new way to identify genetic targets useful for controlling mosquito populations, potentially offering an alternative to insecticides. Their study ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock According to a recent study in Nature Communications, mosquitoes are increasingly spreading across the globe ...

Health teams plan citywide surveillance, breeding checks and awareness drives; high-risk areas identified across sectors and villages.