Advances in vaccine technology, antibody therapies, and genetic surveillance are giving researchers new tools to fight ...

The new bottle presentation may be more beneficial for patients who are making shorter trips to malaria endemic locations. Arakoda ® (tafenoquine) is now available in an 8-count bottle format, ...

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that ...

Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on Earth because they transmit diseases including malaria, which is thought to be responsible for the deaths of over 600,000 people every year. Many of them ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a synthetic compound that has the potential to treat malaria and block its transmission.

On a sunny afternoon under a tree, a group of Community Health Promoters and local community members have gathered. This informal yet critical meeting is part of an ongoing effort to tackle malaria, ...

Cases of malaria have recently been discovered in Florida and Texas, and a local doctor said there are steps that people can take to prevent getting the disease. “If someone has a febrile illness of ...

The first locally transmitted malaria cases in two decades have been reported in Florida and Texas. Most U.S. malaria cases are travel-related. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a ...

A new study has detected a DNA marker in a gene encoding a key enzyme known as cytochrome P450 that helps mosquitoes to break ...

The Mpumalanga Department of Health issued a malaria alert following the recent floods, reports Lowvelder. “Standing water creates breeding grounds for malaria mosquitoes, increasing infection risks,” ...