Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...

“People with high metabolic rates release more carbon dioxide and are very attractive to mosquitoes and all biting flies.” Larger people and pregnant women, as examples, exhale more air and ...

Few pests can ruin a lovely outing like the mosquito and its itchy bites. While the itchiness and redness generally only last about three to four days, the annoyance and frustration of dealing ...

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

Mosquito bites are such a bugbear – excuse the pun. In summer they seem set on spoiling every social occasion from after work drinks to weddings, ruining months of meticulous outfit planning by ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...

Most pregnant women run hot, and they exhale more than 20% more carbon dioxide than women who aren’t. As a result, pregnant women attract about twice as many mosquito bites as other people.

The warning came as officials launched the start of annual mosquito surveillance, encouraging residents to “fight the bite” by supporting mosquito-prevention efforts during a media briefing at ...

So the importance of using an effective mosquito repellent cannot be overstated. When a mosquito bites, its saliva acts like an anaesthetic, preventing you from feeling it. But it's only female ...