Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 million people with malaria, leading to nearly 600,000 deaths, 80% of which were ...

Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...

Parents' genes—even when not directly inherited by a child—may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by UCL researchers. The report, "Understanding the ...