This will bring the total Wolbachia coverage in Singapore to 660,000 households, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a ...

Singapore is ramping up its fight against dengue fever, announcing a significant expansion of its Wolbachia program, CNA reports. The initiative involves releasing male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes ...

At Singapore’s National Environment Agency, more than a million mosquitoes buzz inside plastic boxes in a breeding room that smells of fermented sugar. The male insects, which don’t bite, feed on ...

Almost half of the world’s population live in areas with a risk of dengue. More than 3 million cases of dengue fever have been reported in the Americas this year with over 882 in the United States, ...

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more ...

Tropical areas are best known for dengue, but some parts of the U.S. are ripe for local transmission as well. The CDC issued a health advisory Tuesday, warning healthcare providers and the general ...

Jennifer White, a New York state epidemiologist, has a reminder as summer’s end approaches: “It may be pumpkin spice season, but it’s not the end of mosquito season.” August and September are the peak ...