Scientists are innovating, reports Stephanie Nolen, pursuing new strategies to protect public health. Unleashing a new weapon on the mosquito: a mosquitoWhat if, instead of killing the mosquitoes, you could disarm them? Even if you couldn’t keep them from biting people, what if you could block them from passing on disease? Insecticides can't stop the mosquitos. Old weapons like bed nets and insecticides don't work well anymore: Mosquitos have evolved to resist and evade them.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2023 16:06 UTC