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How unseasonal rains are extending malaria transmission windows

“Jab machhar sab khoon pi lela, jab beemari ho jala, tab dawai chidki ka baa? [What is the use of spraying insecticide after the mosquitoes are done feeding on our blood and giving us the disease?].” Eighteen-year-old Seeta Devi’s voice cuts through the heat, as she talks from the doorway of…

Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2024

Côte d'Ivoire receives first life-saving malaria vaccines

Côte d'Ivoire this week received its first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country, mostly small children, the government said Saturday.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 30, 2024

Malaria drug may treat root cause of PCOS, early study hints

A study in humans and lab animals suggests that an antimalarial drug might treat the root cause of PCOS symptoms.

LiveScience · Jun 25, 2024

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U.S. lawmakers turn up the heat over Nigeria's unlawful detention of Binance exec

U.S. lawmakers visited former IRS Special Agent Tigran Gambaryan in the Nigerian prison where he has suffered malaria and pneumonia.

Fortune · Jun 24, 2024

Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction

Conservationists hope insects carrying ‘birth control’ bacteria can save honeycreeper being wiped out by malaria

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024

DNA from dozens of human skeletons unravels history of malaria

Malaria is often considered a tropical disease, but data hidden in historical human remains has shed new light on the parasite's world travels.

LiveScience · Jun 12, 2024

Pregnant in a warming climate

Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. It could be a death sentence

Salon · Jun 3, 2024

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Jailed Binance Exec Gambaryan Suspected Of Having Malaria, Severe Throat Infection

Tigran Gambaryan, who has been in Nigerian custody since late February, is suspected of having malaria while he also suffers from a severe throat infection, his lawyer and family revealed.

International Business Times · May 29, 2024

Resident speaks of daily violence in Sudan’s El Fasher

In tonight's edition: A resident from the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher speaks of the fear and frustration that civilians experience while trying to survive amid a civil war. Cameroon's Rose Leke is a pioneering professor who is in town to be honoured for her work against malaria at the…

France 24 · May 27, 2024

Warning for travellers to check vaccination and medication requirements after rise in malaria cases

Travel-acquired malaria cases exceeded 2,000 in 2023

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

If Earth gets sick, so do you

A hotter world is likely to be a sicker world.

The Conversation · May 22, 2024

Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future

The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been the subject of intense study for some three decades.

The Conversation · May 19, 2024

Effective malaria control initiatives underway by NVBDCP in Tripura

The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is intensifying efforts to combat vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, and lymphatic filariasis across rural regions. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 19, 2024

FDA Considers New Malaria Test For Blood Banks

FDA considers new malaria test for blood donors to prevent transfusion-related cases and enhance safety.

Ryan Gosling has the correct answer to Colbert's question about the scariest animal

Spoiler alert: It's a bug. It flies. And it bites. There's no "Ken-fusion" about the fear factor of a mosquito's bite.

The Hindu · May 4, 2024

The Science Quiz | Revisiting malaria and its unique challenges

The Hindu’s Science Quiz on revisiting malaria and its unique challenges.

France 24 · Apr 25, 2024

HRW reveals Burkina Faso massacre of villagers by army

Human Rights Watch says 223 civilians were summarily executed by soldiers in a single day in Burkina Faso. Also, heavy rain continues to bring devastation in Kenya's capital Nairobi, with roads turned into rivers. And it's been a year since Ghana started using a new malaria vaccine. Children have received…

The Hindu · Apr 25, 2024

Two new malaria vaccines are being rolled out across Africa — how they work and what they promise

Malaria incidents are on the rise. There were 249 million cases of this parasitic disease in 2022, five million more than in 2021.

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Malaria Deaths Highlight Urgent Need For Innovative Solutions

Tragic loss of five family members to malaria in Kenya highlights ongoing challenges and the need for innovative solutions.

AAP · Apr 25, 2024

Malaria aid ramped up for southeast Asia, Pacific

The federal government has set aside $30 million to develop malaria treatment and detection programs in the Asia-Pacific, announcing it on World Malaria Day.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert

Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear

The Times of India · Apr 25, 2024

World Malaria Day 2024: Health tips for quick recovery

Malaria, a life-threatening disease transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes, poses a significant global health challenge, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus, it infects red blood cells, leading to symptoms such as fever, chills, and flu-like illness. Without prompt diagnosis and treatment,…

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2024

Travel warning to Brit holidaymakers as malaria cases caught abroad at highest level in over 20 years

The number of holidaymakers from the UK who caught malaria last year is at its highest level since 2001

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024

Kenya’s ‘blood desert’: can walking donor banks and drones help more patients survive?

The national blood deficit is most pressing in places like Turkana, where malaria, anaemia and violence make heavy demands on transfusion services – and doctors are pinning their hopes on innovation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds

Changing the mixture of insecticide used in the netting has proved effective in fight against the disease that killed 600,000 in 2022

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