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Can we finally wipe out malaria with a vaccine 37 years in the making?

Efforts to make malaria history have had huge success in recent years. Now, there’s hope that the long-awaited RTS,S vaccine can go the last mile

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Can we finally wipe out malaria with a vaccine 37 years in the making?

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Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work

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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water
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People are using mosquito nets for fishing – and it works too well

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Mosquitoes may have killed half the people who ever lived

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Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans

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How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?

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Mosquitoes are eating plastic and spreading it to new food chains

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App can tell you if a mosquito is about to give you malaria

AI trained to differentiate the whines of 3500 species of mosquitoes can use your cheap smartphone to tell you if that nearby mosquito will put you at risk of Zika, malaria and dengue fever  

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Climate change will kill millions but you knew that already

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Warmer weather could bring fresh Zika misery

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GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida

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Bees die needlessly as Zika prompts US state to spray pesticide

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