A new study in PLoS ONE finds that infection with the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum causes alterations in behavioral responses to host-derived olfactory stimuli in host-seeking female Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquitoes. Researchers found “significantly more infected mosquitoes...

The AP reports “The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths across the developing world.” The disease, rotavirus, spreads through contaminated hands and...

A new article in The New York Times reports “France confirmed a second case of a new coronavirus belonging to the same family as SARS on Monday, saying a man who shared a hospital room with the first victim had been infected.” The World Health Organization is carefully monitoring the virus,...