Malaria remains one of the world’s great scourges, striking more than 500 million people every year. The groups most at risk are pregnant women and children younger than five years old. In sub-Saharan ...

Not only do bed nets help protect people against mosquito bites, but if those nets are treated with an insecticide, they also kill any of the insects that touch them. A simple new technology could ...

Mosquitoes are vectors for some of the most dangerous diseases, including malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, and West Nile virus. In regions where these diseases are prevalent, particularly in ...

A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research. A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research published in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In regions of the world threatened by malaria, bed nets treated with insecticides are an increasingly common public health tool to fend off ...