Malaria remains a significant global health issue, with around 249 million cases reported in 2022 by the World Health Organization. The malaria-carrying mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, has recently ...

Research by Lancaster University has led to the discovery of the role played by the Asian malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa.

A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae of Anopheles stephensi – India’s main ...

Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi—an invasive and deadly ...

New evidence has emerged that an invasive species of malaria-carrying mosquito from Asia is spreading in Africa, where it could pose a "unique" threat to tens of millions of city-dwellers, researchers ...

Public health experts have called for more proactive actions against a new malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, warning that it could make malaria control and management more difficult in the country ...

A species of mosquito that can carry malaria—known as Anopheles stephensi – has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked ...

The Kenya Medical Research Institute recently detected an invasive mosquito species in Laisamis and Saku subcounties of Marsabit county in Kenya’s northern region. The detection of this mosquito poses ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first batch of genetically engineered non-biting mosquitoes will be released in Djibouti on Thursday in an ...

Malaria exploded this year in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, which saw more than 10 times as many cases between January and May as it did in all of 2019. What made this spike in cases unusual is ...