IRD researchers and their partners devised a new control strategy against Anopheles gambiae, Africa's principal malaria vector. This involves a combination of a non-pyrethroid insecticide (propoxur) ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 13, 2025) A study in Environmental Science & Technology shows that maternal exposure to organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid insecticides adversely affects newborn health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated their policy regarding the type of insecticide used on bed nets to prevent malaria. Against the backdrop of growing resistance of disease-carrying ...

Mosquitoes that are extremely resistant to insecticides have been discovered in Cambodia and Vietnam, raising concerns about the implications for controlling infectious diseases. Many of these belong ...

Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have identified a previously unknown mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite can become resistant to the insecticide that ...

Apart from the drive to administer vaccine to people in areas identified as vulnerable to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, it has been decided to introduce changes in the ...

Fighting mosquito-borne diseases often feels like a race against time. Pesticides keep the insects in check, but they often stop working once the bugs evolve to become resistant to the chemicals. Now, ...

Annapolis, MD; August 14, 2024—A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a new study shows. Residual ...

The same technology that helps the police link a perpetrator to a crime is helping scientists understand the reasons why grain aphids are surviving pyrethroid insecticide applications. High-resolution ...

The mosquitoes responsible for malaria transmission to humans belong to the Anopheles genus. One of the best known and most extensively studied is Anopheles gambiae, Africa's principal malaria vector.