It's that time of year to enjoy the great outdoors, which unfortunately means having to share all the fun with the pesky bugs that also come out. Our standard summer arsenal includes citronella ...

Inspired by a military strategy to ward off disease-carrying mosquitoes, researchers see if the technique will help cut ...

Two-thirds fewer cases of clinical malaria are observed among babies whose mothers use permethrin-treated wraps than among ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2022) The use of insecticidal bed nets (IBNs) to prevent mosquito bites in malaria-endemic communities can result in resistance developing in secondary pests like bed ...

Permethrin-treated baby wraps, used alongside bed nets, significantly reduced malaria cases children aged 6 to 18 months in ...

WHEN you argue for humanitarian military intervention, my colleague rightly says, you should be able to show how your military intervention serves humanitarian goals. In the case of the decision to ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, a child under five dies nearly every minute from malaria. But new research suggests baby wraps treated with insect repellant can protect them.

While a physical barrier may not be the best option to throw up between bordering nations, physical protection such as clothing and screens can be very effective to prevent bites from annoying pests.

It sounds like a contradiction, but it’s true: Insecticide-treated mosquito nets are effective even against some insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, a new study shows. Mosquito nets treated with ...

While Americans view bed nets, used to stop the spread of malaria, "as a lifesaving gift," rural Africans often consider them an inconvenience, investigative journalist Sonia Shah, writes in the Los ...

The United Nations is reporting that malaria has dropped from being the leading cause of death among refugees living along the Sudan border. Among the locations where the new malaria-reducing ...