UNBELIEVABLE: Malaria | History Defined

Climate change raises major disease risks for Australia

Disease-carrying mosquitoes thrive in warmer temperatures, raising concerns over the impacts of climate change and what it means for Australia's tropics.

AAP · 23h ago

Before You Donate Blood in India for the First Time, Know These 7 Essential Things

1. India Has a Chronic Blood Shortage, Your Donation Is Not a FormalityAccording to the National Blood Transfusion Council, India requires approximately 15 million units of blood annually and consistently falls short by over a million units. Most of that deficit hits rural hospitals and smaller district blood banks hardest.…

Times Life · Sep 28

‘Almost unprecedented’ cuts in malaria funding will hurt UK pandemic planning, leading scientists say

‘The tools we have developed together are not only protecting children’s lives in Africa, but will help us protect and respond to similar risks in the UK,’ says one researcher

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Scientists Find Human Antibodies That Could Block Tick-Borne Red-Meat Allergy Before It Triggers Dangerous Reactions

NIH researchers found human antibodies that blocked key steps behind alpha-gal allergy, raising hopes for a future treatment.

Medical Daily · Sep 17

Frankfurt issues malaria warning after two new cases

Since July 2026, eight people in Germany have contracted malaria, two fatally. Frankfurt now urges residents with such symptoms to consider malaria and consult a doctor.

Euronews · Sep 17

Scrub Typhus Goes Undiagnosed for Weeks: Symptoms, Fever Patterns, and What to Track

What Scrub Typhus Actually IsOrientia tsutsugamushi, the bacterium behind scrub typhus, travels on the larval stage of trombiculid mites, chiggers, that live in tall grass, scrubland, and forest edges across India's northeastern states, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha. The mite bites, feeds for a few hours, and leaves.…

Times Life · Sep 16

Why the Indian Pariah Dog Is Genetically Built for Every Climate and Terrain in India

The Oldest Surviving Landrace in AsiaThe Indian Pariah dog is not a stray that lost its home. It is a landrace, a population shaped entirely by its environment over millennia, with no selective breeding by humans. A 2017 study published in PLOS Genetics, which mapped the ancestry of dog populations…

Times Life · Sep 2

In 1944, Polish priest Henry Denis endured Nazi malaria experiments at Dachau; after surviving the camp, he fulfilled his vow by building Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Nebraska

Father Henry J. Denis emerged from the horrors of Dachau concentration camp and the inhumane medical experiments conducted there. With a steadfast vow to create a shrine to Mary if he survived, he eventually settled in Nebraska, where he honored that promise. The Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, dedicated in…

The Times of India · Sep 1

UK commits more than £100m from aid budget to cutting-edge health research

Exclusive: ‘We’re continuing the UK’s proud track record of supporting science that saves lives,’ development minister Kirsty McNeill tells The Independent

The Independent UK · Aug 30

Officials urge calm after malaria outbreak kills two staff at Frankfurt airport

Mosquito traps are set up at Germany’s biggest airport and doctors are asked to look out for symptoms of disease

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27