With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: ...

A report last week has raised questions about a pesticide used to kill mosquito larvae, linking its use to the increase in cases of microcephaly in Brazil. But researchers say that's an unlikely ...

Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these nets were treated with only one insecticide class - pyrethroids. However, as ...

Clinical malaria cases in Burkina Faso drop by 12% after trial of nets treated with new chemical combination A bed net designed to kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could prevent millions of cases ...

Before Covid, there was Zika. In 2015, the number of babies born in Brazil with small heads and brains – a condition known as microcephaly – suddenly increased dramatically. The severe deformities ...