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A woman volunteered to get bitten by hundreds of mosquitoes to help create a new malaria vaccine. Then she got malaria.

A woman took home $4,200 and hundreds of mosquito bites for participating in a malaria vaccine tria…

Hilary Brueck   


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Are you allergic to mosquito bites? How to recognize the signs of skeeter syndrome and when to get help

Skeeter syndrome is a rare allergic reaction to mosquito bites, which can cause red, swollen lesion…

Molly Glick,Jason R. McKnight   


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A grapefruit-scented perfume ingredient that's toxic to ticks and mosquitoes is the first new insect repellent to be approved in a decade

Nootkatone is naturally found in grapefruit rinds and certain cedar trees. The chemical shows promi…

Andrea Michelson   


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Skeeter syndrome is a rare condition that makes you allergic to mosquito bites — here's how to tell if you have it

People with skeeter syndrome who are allergic to mosquito bites often experience red lesions or swe…

Molly Glick   


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Bill and Melinda Gates are giving $4 million to help scientists engineer a malaria-killing mosquito - here's how it could work

Other strains of the "Friendly" mosquitoes have been deployed in the past to help kill off Aedes ae…

Hilary Brueck   


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The Most Dangerous Creature On Earth Can Fit On Your Fingertip

"I've been in Africa and seen and heard children just screaming for days on end because of the pain…

Christina Sterbenz   


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'Bug-Sized' Drones Are The Most Frightening Type Of Killer Robot Yet

Consequently, the U.S. Air Force has constructed a 4,000 square foot “micro-aviary” for flight-test…

Michael Kelley   


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The beheading of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, and the tiny clue that may clinch the case against his personal assistant

The embezzlement was bigger than anyone realized. And a tiny clue, missed by the killer's vacuum, m…

Laura Italiano   


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Photo Essay: As we celebrate the first malaria vaccine, remembering the epidemic's staggering toll

Photographer Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi documented the malaria epidemic's toll during one of the worst …

Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi   


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A COVID-19 expert shares his simple sports analogy to explain why vaccines work against variants

"If Serena Williams all of a sudden was 10% less effective than usual, or 50% less effective, she w…

Hilary Brueck,Aylin Woodward   


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How to get rid of spiders and keep them out of your home for good

Spiders make their way into your home to find food. The first step to getting rid of spiders is to …

Megan Wahn   


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Bill Gates reveals the biggest public health threats over the next 10 years

Infectious diseases are a different breed. Disease-carrying insects - like mosquitoes that infect p…

Chris Weller   


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A dangerous parasitic illness spread by bugs that bite people's faces at night is spreading in the US, doctors warn

Chagas has typically been found in Central and South America, but the disease is becoming more comm…

Kevin Loria   


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3 Public Speaking Secrets From The Most Successful TED Talks

The last part was a late addition. Before the talk, "a friend pulls her aside and says, 'You went o…

Drake Baer   


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How to survive the summer

A rare, brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri is another danger lurking in warm freshwater l…

Guia Del Prado   


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8 ways summer can turn deadly and ruin your July 4

The Centers for Disease Control released a report on June 26 that warned against the increasing num…

Guia Del Prado   


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MELINDA GATES: We're getting closer to wiping several deadly diseases off the face of the earth, but we could easily blow it

People seem to have forgotten that, as the US, we made investments in South Korea that helped them …

Alyson Shontell   


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3 Public Speaking Tips From The Most Popular TED Talk Ever

This works because we all know Shakespeare, even if we never made it through Macbeth. Robinson take…