Your saliva affects the way you spread pathogens
Our saliva can vary depending on our physiological state, making us more or less likely to pass on bugs to others
Releasing bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Indonesia prevented the spread of dengue
Mosquitos carrying Wolbachia pipientis bacteria don't spread dengue fever
Could the next coronavirus outbreak come from pigs?
A virus called SADS-CoV could also spillover to humans
Researchers develop a better test for the parasite that causes river blindness
The WHO estimates that 205 million people in African countries are at risk of infection
West Nile Virus-carrying mosquitos managed to survive a German winter
Europe is usually too cold for tropical diseases to persist for long, but climate change helped it overwinter
Think mosquitoes only drink blood? Think again.
Mosquitoes also drink nectar, serving as pollinators for certain types of orchids