An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...

Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialling the novel pest control method. The "toxic male technique" ...

The mosquito has killed as many as 50 billion people over the course of human existence. Mosquitoes are responsible for millions of yearly deaths worldwide from malaria, dengue fever and other ...

That's part of a new mosquito population control method set to be trialed by Macquarie University researchers looking to curb the spread of diseases carried by these insects. Talk about drastic ...

A new study by Macquarie University researchers has suggested that the toxic male technique could be used to address the prevalence of mosquito-borne illness. The scientists, which genetically ...

The sun has set—again—on U.S. net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Last week a federal appeals court panel ruled that the Federal Communications ...

Health authorities have issued an urgent warning for people to protect themselves against mosquito bites as a Victorian dad fights for life after picking up a potentially deadly virus. The Seven ...