Nov. 28, 2024 — Researchers analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug ...

Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Biological threats such as rising ...

The world has made progress toward eliminating malaria, with 44 countries and one territory (La Réunion) certified as malaria-free. Egypt, where malaria has existed since at least the time of the ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...

Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen BAYELSA, Nigeria -- Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria.

Scientists have developed a new vaccination strategy for malaria — boosting immunity through bites from mosquitoes carrying a genetically engineered version of the parasite that causes malaria.

Healthy adult volunteers with no prior malaria exposure were randomly assigned to receive immunization with GA2, exposure to another parasite known as GA1 or to a placebo of uninfected mosquito bites.

Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than 600,000 people every year -- most of them African children under five. In ...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has said the annual loss to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product from malaria exceeds $1.1bn. Pate said this at the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman waits for her child to be administered the malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M at the comprehensive Health ...

(AP Photo/Lucien Lufutu) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in ...