malaria
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Multiple Outbreaks Amidst Crisis in Venezuela
Jun 7, 2018 | Emily WolfsonThe US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning on May 15, 2018 that nonessential travel to Venezuela should be avoided....
Madrid Reports Locally Transmitted Malaria Case in Infant
Mar 14, 2018 | Jackie SheridanA case of malaria in a three-month old infant was confirmed on Wednesday, February 24th, 2018. The infant was originally admitted to the hospital...
Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Cambodia
Jan 27, 2016 | Colleen NguyenAn NIH study published in The Lancet Infectious Disease earlier this month indicates that the anti-malarial medication dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine...
Malaria Ravages South Sudan
Jan 10, 2016 | Colleen NguyenSouth Sudan is experiencing an ‘unprecedented’ outbreak of malaria, with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) stating that this...
Antibiotic Use and Mosquitoes' Ability to Transmit Malaria
Feb 2, 2015 | Emily CohnIn an article published in Nature Communications in January of 2015, a connection was revealed between the presence of antibiotics in human blood and...
Infectious Diseases and the World Cup
Jun 16, 2014 | Alexandra ThomsenOver 600,000 people are expected to be traveling from around the world to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which began on June 12 in Brazil and will...
The P. Vivax Comeback -- Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?
Dec 9, 2013 | Karen BialaAfricans who were thought to be protected against malaria infection by the Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) parasite now seem to be at risk for the...
New Malaria Vaccine Glitters; Is it Gold?
Aug 26, 2013 | Jason HayesAccording to a recent study published in Science magazine, the Maryland-based biotechnology firm Sanaria might have succeeded where many others have...
Bacteria Without Borders: The Fight Against TB & Malaria
Jun 3, 2013 | Anna TomasuloIn this series on superbugs—meaning bacteria that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics—we’ve looked at germs on a national level. But...
New Malaria Drug: A Step Towards Eradication?
Mar 29, 2013 | Lauren EdmundsonMalaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the...
New Method to Diagnose Malaria
Dec 10, 2012 | Adham Abdel MottalibThanks to a team of researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, it is now possible to conduct a highly sensitive malaria diagnosis from a single...
More Climate Change Woes: Avian Malaria Now Found in the Arctic
Sep 26, 2012 | Katharina SchwanFor the first time, scientists were able to confirm that Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, exists and is transmissible in the frigid...
Newly Discovered Mosquito Virus Could Lead to Vaccines and Treatments
Sep 25, 2012 | Robyn Correll CarlyleResearchers have identified a previously unknown virus that could pave the way for important medical innovations against dangerous mosquito-borne...
New Malaria-Carrying Mosquito Found in Kenya
Sep 19, 2012 | Anna TomasuloMalaria is transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. Within the Anopheles genus (“genus” being a group of organisms with common characteristics...
Study Shows Malaria Is Over-diagnosed in Afghanistan
Aug 17, 2012 | Robyn Correll CarlyleIt seems logical to think that over diagnosing an illness would not bring too much harm – better safe than sorry, right? Wrong. A study, published...
Malaria in Pregnancy: A Solvable Problem
Aug 9, 2012 | Alex OcampoWhile its infectious cycle, treatment, and prevention are well understood, malaria remains one of the most dangerous endemic infectious diseases in...
'Malaria-proof' Mosquitoes Bred in Laboratory
Jul 2, 2012 | Robyn Correll CarlyleScientists have developed a breed of mosquitoes that is resistant to malaria. By altering the DNA of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, scientists at...
A Map of the Malaria Genome
Jun 25, 2012 | Jason HayesA new paper published in Nature indicates that scientists now know more about Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of malaria, than ever...
Math Model to Predict Malaria Outbreaks in Africa
Jun 18, 2012 | Lauren EdmundsonResearchers from Ethiopia and Norway have created a mathematical model that can predict a malaria outbreak up to two months before it actually occurs...
Is Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreading?
Apr 12, 2012 | Anna TomasuloEarly this month, two studies were published in Science and The Lancet, each with evidence of artemisinin-resistance along the Thailand-Myanmar...
On Antimalarials and Afghanistan Shootings
Apr 5, 2012 | Anna TomasuloOn March 11, American Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians. Amidst the media buzz, reporters, psychiatrists, and even...
How Many Died from Malaria in 2010?
Feb 10, 2012 | Jane HustonThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimated global malaria deaths in 2010 to be around 655,000 but recent research suggests it may be nearly twice...
Scientists Find Possible Key for Plasmodium Falciparum Control
Feb 3, 2012 | Robyn Correll CarlyleScientists at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered a protein that they believe might be the key to controlling the deadly malaria...
Change in Leadership as Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Celebrates 10 Years
Jan 30, 2012 | Jane HustonThis week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced the departure of its Executive Director, appointed a new General Manager...
Global Burden of P. Vivax; "The Other Malaria"
Dec 7, 2011 | Anna TomasuloPlasmodium falciparum attracts over 95 percent of funding for malaria research and control. Historically, this makes sense; of the four different...
Climate Change and Infectious Disease
Nov 28, 2011 | Katharina SchwanDurban, South Africa will host the most recent round of UN climate change discussions from November 28 to December 6. The United Nations Framework...
Malaria Vaccine Becoming a Reality?
Oct 25, 2011 | Katharina SchwanInitial outcomes from a Phase-III trial conducted for a malaria vaccine shows promising results. The vaccine, RTS,S reduced the risk of developing...
Drug resistance continued: Malaria
Sep 22, 2011 | Anna TomasuloEarly this morning, the New England Journal of Medicine released a piece warning of potential artemisinin-resistant malaria near the Cambodia-...
28 Dead this Month from “Malaria” in Mali?
Jul 28, 2011 | healthmapAccording to a Chinese news article, a malaria outbreak currently underway in Mopti, Mali has claimed 28 lives since the first death occurred in...
Malaria in Pune
Jul 8, 2011 | healthmapAlong with an increase in H1N1, monsoon season in India brings malaria. There have been 73 cases of malaria identified in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area....
25 April 2011: World Malaria Day
Apr 25, 2011 | healthmapToday is the fourth annual World Malaria Day. On this date in 2000, leaders from 44 malaria-affected African countries signed the Abuja Declaration...
