New atlas charts prospects for malaria elimination
A new global atlas offers the first full-colour, detailed depiction of malaria now declining in many parts of the globe, predicting the possibility for the elimination of the disease
News Section | Malaria
Insecticide spray highly effective against malaria
The insecticide bendiocarb not only dramatically lowers malaria transmission, but also offers hope for minimising spread of the deadly infection
Spraying insecticide bendiocarb indoors dramatically reduces malaria transmission
A new study has found that indoor spraying with the insecticide bendiocarb dramatically reduced malaria transmission in many parts of Benin
Two possible enzyme targets for new anti-malaria drugs identified
Scientists have found how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, uses enzymes to chew up human hemoglobin from host red blood cells as a food source
New malaria vaccine shows ‘most encouraging’ result ever against illness
A new malaria vaccine has shown a substantial level of protection against the illness in a preliminary trial
Chinese scientist wins US award for malaria drug
A Chinese scientist has won a prestigious award in the US for her discovery of a new drug therapy for treatment of malaria
Whole-parasite vaccine shows strong promise in battling malaria
A malaria vaccine that uses the entire malaria parasite has for the first time proven safe and shown promise to produce a strong immune response in a clinical trial. The vaccine is unique in that it employs the entire malaria parasite, while most experimental malaria vaccines consist of just one or at most a few [...]
Mosquitoes disappear in some parts of Africa
Scientists have been left baffled with reports that malaria-carrying mosquitoes are disappearing in some parts of Africa, BBC reported
New way to ‘tame’ malaria parasite identified
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco have developed a novel technique to “tame” the malaria parasite
Malaria killing more birds than it did 20 years ago
Malaria is killing off a growing number of British birds including sparrows, chaffinches, owls and nightingales, experts say