We all know that feeling: you've turned the lights off and are almost asleep when you hear that infamous buzz. A mosquito is hunting in your bedroom. The dance commences. You could turn on the lights, ...

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.

Pilar Pérez Romero is affiliated with the spin-off company Vaxdyn SL as a founding partner. Lee Rafuse Haines does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lee Rafuse Haines, University of Notre Dame and Pilar Pérez Romero, University of ...