Malaria
Malaria Vaccine That Could Save Tens of Thousands of Lives Every Year Backed by WHO
In a historic move, the World Health Organisation recommended a vaccine against malaria, ending a 100-year search for a vaccine against a disease that kills more than 500,000 people every year.
We Asked A Girl Who Collects Every Mosquito She's Killed: Why?
Things got weird when a 19-year-old artist shared her unique hobby online.
Experts Warn of 750,000 More Malaria Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa
The region has made considerable progress in combating the disease, but complications linked to COVID-19 could potentially lead to double the number of deaths this year compared to 2018.
Trump Says He’s Been Taking Hydroxychloroquine for ‘About a Week and a Half’
His stunning announcement suggests an unprecedented willingness to conduct a pharmaceutical experiment on himself.
OK, WTF Is Hydroxychloroquine and Can it Treat Coronavirus?
The antimalarial drug has been talked about as a promising treatment for Covid-19 by Elon Musk and Donald Trump, but the science isn't nearly there yet.
A Man Died After Drinking a Fish-Tank Cleaner He Thought Would Combat Coronavirus
He and his wife thought the product was the same as the pharmaceutical drug that Trump's been touting as a potential “game-changer.”
Trump Has a Plan to Fight Coronavirus With a WWII-Era Malaria Drug
But it's not quite ready, according to the FDA.
Malaria Is Devastating Rwanda's Rice Farmers — but the Government Still Won't Commit to This Easy Fix
Rice farmers put food on Rwandans' tables and prop up the economy, but get little help coping with the malaria-carrying mosquitoes in their fields.
We May Soon Be Able to Wipe Out Mosquitos – But at What Cost?
New technology might allow for a manmade extinction of the malaria-carrying pest.
New Drug-Resistant Malaria Strains Are Spreading in Southeast Asia
These stronger strains are slowly becoming the dominant malaria-causing parasites in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
The World’s First Malaria Vaccination Is Here
It’s not perfect and it may be inconvenient but it’s an important milestone in saving millions of lives.