CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new study found that an already-existing drug could, when taken by humans, turn blood into mosquito poison that kills the bugs within hours. The study, recently published in ...

The results were immediate. Every mosquito died within 12 hours, suggesting that the human blood they drank had become poison for them. That alone could make this drug a novel tool in our ongoing ...

Blood poisoning commonly describes septicemia, a condition in which a local infection moves into the bloodstream and spreads to organs. It can also be used to describe sepsis, a potentially life ...

One such method involves the use of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin. When mosquitoes consume blood that contains ivermectin, it reduces their lifespan and contributes to a decrease in malaria ...