Experts challenge WHO to eradicate malaria by 2050
World Health Organization should not shy away from this “goal of epic proportions”, global health… Read More
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WHO says eradicating malaria ‘can be done’
Eradicating malaria is biologically feasible and a lofty aim, the World Health Organization said on… Read More
5 years ago
1,800 dead as malaria ‘epidemic’ rages in Burundi: UN
The tiny country of 11 million people in the African Great Lakes region has still… Read More
5 years ago
Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Southeast Asia
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites which are carried by mosquitoes and spread through their… Read More
5 years ago
Malaria back with a vengeance
Scientists who would later work for this clinic contributed in 1961 to helping Venezuela become… Read More
6 years ago
Mosquito nets worth Rs1.75bn to be distributed in KP, Balochistan to fight malaria
In a bid to prevent people from mosquito-borne disease, malaria, the federal government has decided… Read More
6 years ago
Combination insecticide launched to fight resistance malaria
After several years of steady declines, annual cases of the mosquito-borne disease are leveling off Read More
6 years ago
Researchers explore new way of killing malaria in the liver
In the ongoing hunt for more effective weapons against malaria, international researchers said Thursday they… Read More
6 years ago
Faltering malaria fight should refocus on high-risk countries, says WHO
LONDON: Global health authorities need to counter a worrying lull in the fight against malaria… Read More
6 years ago
Niger kicks out aid worker over ‘false’ malaria toll
NIAMEY: An employee of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was kicked out of… Read More
6 years ago
Toothpaste ingredient could fight malaria, research shows
LONDON: Research carried out in part by an artificially-intelligent (AI)‘robot scientist’ has found that a… Read More
7 years ago
Venezuelans suffer as malaria outbreak spreads in drug-short nation
CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela: On a recent morning in Venezuela’s southern jungle state of Bolivar, Amanda… Read More
7 years ago
Child dies after contracting malaria at hospital in Italy
ROME: A four-year-old girl who died of malaria in Italy in September caught the deadly… Read More
7 years ago
TV presenter battling for life at Rio hospital after rare infection
RIO DE JANEIRO: Television sports presenter Charlie Webster has been admitted to a hospital after contracting a… Read More
8 years ago
Chicken smell offers hope for malaria prevention
ADDID ABBABA: Ethiopian scientists have discovered mosquitoes are repulsed by the smell of chicken, raising hopes… Read More
8 years ago
Malaria vaccine loses effectiveness over several years: study
WASHINGTON: An experimental vaccine against malaria known as Mosquirix -- or RTS,S -- weakens over… Read More
8 years ago
In the lab: six lab innovations scientists hope will end malaria
After being abandoned as too ambitious in 1969, global plans to eliminate malaria are back… Read More
8 years ago
Colombia’s illegal mining linked to malaria outbreak
BOGOTA: Colombia's widespread illegal mining is blamed for causing environmental damage and holding workers in… Read More
9 years ago
US scientists work to breed malaria-free mosquitoes
WASHINGTON: US researchers have carried out genetic tweaks to malaria-carrying mosquitoes so their offspring feature… Read More
9 years ago
Countries vow to all but eradicate malaria by 2030: WHO
GENEVA: Countries have agreed to rid the world of malaria almost completely over the next 15… Read More
10 years ago