Mosquitoes are responsible for the spread of several potentially fatal tropical diseases, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. They are considered the deadliest creature on the ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of mosquitoes in ...

The American Commission, under the superintendence of Dr. Reed, which has been making experiments at Quemados as to the propagation of the yellow fever germs by the mosquito, has obtained ...

The UNLV researcher warmed the blood and fed it to a colony of mosquitoes. The critters won ... chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika virus. Raman explained why the district is concerned about ...