Mosquito birth control drug underway

By Emma Bath
Updated January 9 2019 - 8:31pm, first published 8:25pm
US Scientist are developing a "mosquito birth control" drug to curb the spread of malaria.
US Scientist are developing a "mosquito birth control" drug to curb the spread of malaria.

Scientists in the United States say they have taken a major step toward developing a "mosquito birth control" drug to curb the spread of malaria and other killer diseases blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.

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