While insecticide-treated bed nets do help protect people from malaria-carrying mosquitos, the chemicals are becoming less effective as the insects develop a resistance to them. It now appears that ...

A new approach to antimalarial development, aided by high-throughput screening, could help to overcome resistance.

Mosquito insecticide is available at no cost to Cumberland County residents while supplies last, according to the county's Department of Public Health. The product, Mosquito Dunks, is a biological ...

Swat. Spray. Repeat. This is the dance humans and mosquitoes have been doing for decades, ever since the rise of chemical insecticides following World War II. The pest control industry in the U.S. is ...

Researchers have developed a surfactant spray that counters the mosquito’s natural water-resisting properties, offering a safe and effective means of taking down mosquitoes without using insecticides.

Barbecues and mountain hikes could soon be redolent of grapefruit. The citrusy scent is given off by a new active ingredient for insecticides just officially registered by the U.S. Environmental ...

HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Mosquito control services were spraying neighborhoods in Hyattsville on Wednesday after traps detected West Nile Virus in some insects, according to a Maryland Department of ...

We love all animals – except mosquitoes. They can go straight to hell. According to a new study out of Ohio State University, hemp might help us cast those winged demons back to the fiery pits where ...

As an environmental lawyer and a toxicologist with nearly 60 years of collective experience with hazardous waste sites, we were disheartened by David Abel’s article “ ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Mass ...