The programme will cover over 800,000 households - half of Singapore's homes - by year-end, said the National Environment ...

The National Environment Agency (NEA) will be expanding Project Wolbachia to five new areas — Bukit Panjang, Little India, ...

Project Wolbachia expands to more areas in Singapore, exceeding its target for dengue prevention by controlling mosquito populations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore is ramping up its fight against dengue fever, announcing a significant expansion of its Wolbachia program, CNA reports. The initiative involves releasing male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes ...

The release of sterile Wolbachia -infected male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reduced the risk for symptomatic laboratory-confirmed dengue by at least 71% after exposure of 3 months or more and lowered ...

A modestly titled new study released in the New England Journal of Medicine belies the extraordinary 77% protective efficacy reported for preventing dengue infections with Wolbachia-infected Aedes ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially ...

The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials ...

Infection with dengue virus makes mosquitoes more sensitive to warmer temperatures, according to new research led by Penn State researchers. The team also found that infection with the bacterium ...

Dengue is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease in the world, and to date, there are no medical treatments for people suffering from this disease. The virus causes symptoms ranging from high ...