There are plenty of over-the-counter treatments that can get rid of mosquito bites. For example, hydrocortisone cream or calamine lotion can stop the itch and help your bite heal quickly.

In previous work, the same lab identified a peptide that binds to mosquito epithelia. An excess of peptide can swamp out parasite–epithelial interactions, thus preventing the parasite from ...

Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink blood, thereby spreading diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Scientist Sam Beach from Australia's Macquarie University said ...

By testing the same people over multiple years, the study showed that these big ... "Mosquitoes are resilient," Vosshall said. "They have many backup plans to be able to find us and bite us." ...

The warning came as officials launched the start of annual mosquito surveillance, encouraging residents to “fight the bite” by supporting mosquito-prevention efforts during a media briefing at ...

While there may be fewer mosquitoes, those that survive bite more often. "We're finding that mosquitoes bite people more than we imagined, unfortunately," Holmes said. And mosquitoes appear to be ...