Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it could be a valuable new tool in the fight against disease.

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... with some chilling recent additions. The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has spread to parts of Africa, Europe ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... The walls are covered with drawings of mosquitoes. Mosquito books line the shelves. Hanging next to his desk ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Clad in a camouflage jacket, the mosquito netting unzipped from his hood, Yuri Khudi squats by the fire inside his ...

Researchers have detected the Sindbis virus in mosquitoes in southwestern Spain for the first time, raising concerns about ...

The drug can cause side effects in humans — but the people with these rare disorders "typically have to take much higher quantities of the drug than would be needed for effective mosquito control," ...

the drug might be able to knock down disease-transmitting mosquito populations to the point that it breaks the chain of infection," said National Geographic. Ivermectin is another drug that is ...