Many people regard summer as a time for relaxing, eating ice cream, and...ouch! I just got bitten by a mosquito! For centuries, people have been searching for effective ways to prevent mosquito bites. What they have been looking for is mosquito repel...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. April 25th was World Malaria Day. The mosquito-borne disease is still one of the biggest killers in developing countries with a death toll of a million...
The rainy season in Haiti begins shortly and the government is rushing to complete a new camp for those left homeless by the earthquake Sylva Louis has lived in the sprawling refugee camp of Champs de Mars in downtown Port au Prince, Haiti's capital,...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 October 2006 India is struggling to cope with outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases that have killed more than 100 people and infected thousands of others in recent weeks. Overburdened hospitals and clinics in several...
Kurt Achin It is rainy season in Southeast Asia, and the region is facing its annual battle with dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases. The World Health Organization says such diseases are a...