On June 26, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert after five cases of malaria were confirmed, the first locally acquired cases of the disease in the United States in ...

The British biotech firm, Oxitec, has developed super mosquitoes as a potential tool to stamp out malaria, a disease responsible for more than half a million deaths a year, and it is backed by none ...

Billionaire Bill Gates funds the world’s largest mosquito factory in Medellín, Colombia — which is part of the World Mosquito Program — and releases “thousands” of altered mosquitoes per week using ...

CLAIM: Rare malaria cases reported in Florida and Texas recently were caused by a disease-control initiative backed by Bill Gates that involved releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S.

Since Bill and Melinda Gates galvanized the global health world with their 2007 call to eradicate malaria, researchers have been scrambling for new tools to get the job done. The lineup includes ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Bring on the genetically modified mosquitoes, Bill Gates says. . Using a mechanism known as a “gene drive", the researchers say they can quickly push an alteration through an entire ...