Malaria News

The findings of the systematic review and meta-analysis, published Online First in The Lancet , suggest that investment in socioeconomic development should be a vital part of efforts to control and eliminate malaria.

Special to the News Sentinel Lori Hopper, dressed as a mosquito, both chases and cheers on Courtney Meacham Stacy at Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church's Skeeter 5K.

Each of us generates streams of digital information - a digital 'exhaust trail' that provides real-time information to guide decisions that affect our lives.

An outbreak of malaria in Lulingu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo , is affecting large numbers of people, prompting an emergency response by international medical organisation Mdecins Sans Frontires , whose teams have treated more than 2,500 people since the start of May. Local authorities initially feared they were facing an outbreak of ... (more)

A woman and her baby walks past the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, on June 14, 2013.

Using drugs to treat an infection could allow other co-existing conditions to flourish, a study in wild animals has shown.

CUMMING, GA, June 17, 2013 / EINPresswire.com / -- As summer heats up, so does the war on mosquitoes.

Exciting progress has been made in the global fight against malaria . The malaria map continues to shrink each year; in the last ten years four countries have been certified malaria-free, and thirty-four additional countries are now working towards malaria elimination targets.

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On April 1, 2013, the Public Health Directorate of Angola announced that six cases of dengue had been reported to the Ministry of Health of Angola .

A Kansas State University research associate has received a prestigious fellowship to support his research on mosquitoes and ways to prevent the spread of malaria.

An international team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health and Imperial College London has recently published its work on a malaria-filaria co-transmission model, where the same mosquito transmits both diseases together.

Thousands of South Sudanese hiding out in malaria-infested swamps will die unless the government allows humanitarian aid in, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.

The CDC has provided a list of conditions that should still be treated with doxycycline during the current shortage of the antibiotic that began in January.

The drug, Lexiscan, is already approved for diagnosing heart disease. Scientists led by Joel Linden , a researcher at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, discovered that the drug might also be useful for relieving the attacks sickle cell patients periodically suffer.

It's no secret that Fondren is funky, an eclectic mix of shops, restaurants and galleries that pay homage to the Jackson neighborhood's past, but also has its pulse on the present and future.

Life is too beautiful too be wasted, live each day with contentment to appreciate every little thing you have achieved or gained.

Before you run off to eat a handful of spoiled sushi or roll around in a cow pasture, allow me to clarify.

Cape Town's landmark botanical garden turns 100 in July. Watch to find out more about the garden's history and its centenary celebrations.

Erica Granger expected to see a different way of life when she went on a mission trip to Uganda.