GALVESTON, Texas - New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston has shown that female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can pass the Zika virus to their eggs and offspring. The recent ...

Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can pass the Zika virus to their eggs and offspring, new research shows. The recent Zika virus outbreak in Florida has dramatically increased efforts to remove A.

Every week, doctors find out something new about the Zika virus, which has spread across 48 countries since 2015 and is poised to cross into the southeastern United States this summer. On Friday ...

In this week’s magazine, I write about a controversial new technology that could eventually enable scientists to eliminate an entire species of disease-causing mosquito. The benefits could be great: ...

Zika was found in the genital tract of a woman in Guadeloupe days after it had disappeared from her blood, raising concerns that women could potentially become chronic carriers of the virus, ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGP trap) that attracts and captures female mosquitoes looking for a site to lay eggs. Now, ...