Mosquitoes

Without sprays: This is the simplest mosquito solution most of us don’t know about

Summer is almost here, and so are the annoying mosquitoes. Before stocking up on sprays and repellents, try this simple solution that many people underestimate, yet is surprisingly effective.

A mosquito
Baby-Buzz

Baby-Buzz series offers natural protection for baby’s skin

Mosquito bite, illustration.

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

Fossil of 99 million year old mosquito larva found in Myanmar amber.

Fossil of 99 million year old mosquito larva found in Myanmar amber


Israeli infected with Dengue fever after trip abroad

The Dengue virus is spread through the bite of female Asian tiger mosquitos. The virus does not spread directly between humans.

 Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal

Buzzbug Reviews: Is It a Cost-Effective Bug Zapper or a Scam?

Buzz Bug X Pro is a portable anti-mosquito lamp that will help you eliminate all flying insects without harming your family. Is It a Cost-Effective Bug Zapper or a Scam?

 Buzz Bug X Pro Review

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in Negev

One person has died due to West Nile Fever since the beginning of the year.

 Mosquito feeding on blood

This amazingly simple trick will keep flies out of your home

Discover a brilliant hack from Miss Hinch's Facebook group to bid farewell to annoying summer flies. All you need is a bag, water, and a few coins.

 Keep these pesky bugs outside this summer

Did climate change cause this year's early West Nile Virus outbreak?

Climate change is likely the culprit for mosquitoes arriving earlier, as warming temperatures were seen to impact diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in other places.

 A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through the

Suffering from seasonal allergies? Here's what you should know

Spring is the most beautiful time of the year, but for many people, these months aren't so pleasant after all.

 Around 20% of Israelis suffer from seasonal allergies each spring. Are you one of them? (illustrative)

Argentina battles major dengue outbreak with atomic radiation

The South American country has this year recorded over 41,000 cases of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes, far above the equivalent level in previous years

An assistant holds a test tube with an Aedes aegypti mosquito at the CNEA (National Atomic Energy Commission), in Ezeiza, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina April 12, 2023

Bioengineers develop fake skin to study how mosquitoes transmit diseases

Researchers developed gelatin-like patches called hydrogels, which contain vessels of blood that mosquitoes can smell.

Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on a human

Why do some people believe that these mosquitoes are gov't spy drones?

A viral clip showing mosquitoes with numbers on their bodies got a lot of attention by conspiracy theorists who are sure the government uses them to spy.

Mosquito (illustrative).

Here's what you need to know about mosquito bites

 Worker Solomon Conteh dissects a mosquito at Sanaria Inc. facility in Rockville, Maryland, October 26, 2007.