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06 Sep 2024

Are You A Mosquito Magnet? Surprising Reasons Mosquitoes Always Bite You

How often do you feel that mosquitoes are biting you more than any other people present in the room? You are not mistaken, it do happens. Mosquitoes bite some people more than others due to a combination of factors, including body chemistry, genetics, and environmental influences. Here are the key reasons why mosquitoes may prefer certain individuals:

12 May 2023

Traditional Medicinal Plants May Help Fight Drug-Resistant Malaria: Study

The study reveals the importance of investigating and protecting plants used in traditional medicines, especially those from harsher climates impacted by climate change.

04 Oct 2019

Dengue count reaches 58 within 2 days in Patna

Due to flood-like situation in Patna, The dengue count has reached 58 within 2 days

10 Nov 2017

Mosquito bite causes man's leg to swell up to four times the normal size

The former garment worker had to give up his job and is now appealing for help to raise £3,500 for treatment.

04 Apr 2017

Parasitic invasion of malaria takes place by weakening our defences, says study

Differences in red blood cell stiffness, due to age or increased cholesterol content, could influence the parasite's ability to invade.

16 Feb 2017

Bite-mimicking malaria vaccine shows promise: Study

The candidate drug, called PfSPZ, provided up to 100 percent protection for 10 weeks in a trial in Germany, although a trial in real life conditions in Mali gave a lower level of defence, they reported in two separate studies.

07 Sep 2016

Zika virus can live in tears: Study

A team of researchers, including one of Indian orgin, has found that Zika virus can live in the eyes and have identified genetic material from the virus in tears of mice.

Itchy inflammation

23 Jun 2016

Itchy inflammation of mosquito bites helps viruses replicate

The study, led by the University of Leeds in the UK, found that inflammation where the insect has bitten makes viral infections spread by the insects far worse.

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