Malaria Stories
- New research suggests the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine may prevent Zika in mothers from passing to her fetus.
- New research finds a mom's education can influence the likelihood of her children developing malaria.
- Your blood type does a lot to defend your body against deadly diseases.
- A new study finds that the odor of chickens may repel certain mosquitoes known to cause malaria, possibly signaling the development of new tools against the mosquito-borne disease.
- Two former students from Burkina Faso have designed a mosquito-repellent soap, which they hope could be a simple and affordable solution in the fight to end malaria, but more funds are needed to test the idea, according to the startup behind it.
- A recent study claims that one malaria vaccine candidate resulted in up to a year of protection during recent trials.
- Deaths from malaria in Angola this year look set to outstrip 2015 as a health crisis that includes one of the country's worst yellow fever outbreaks in decades spreads, the World Health Organisation said.
- Many of the useful plant-based substances belong to a family of nitrogen-containing compounds called alkaloids.
- A new study on DEET alternative bug repellents has found that Victoria's Secret perfume is highly effective at keeping mosquitoes at bay.
- The world's first malaria vaccine is promising but should be used on a pilot basis before any wide-scale use, given its limited efficacy, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Friday.
- The world's first malaria vaccine is promising but should be used on a pilot basis before any wide-scale use, given its limited efficacy, World Health Organization experts said on Friday.
- Rates of death from malaria have plunged by 60 percent in the past 15 years, meaning more than 6 million lives have been saved.