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The ‘mosquito factory’ breeding genetically-engineered insects to fight malaria
The ‘mosquito factory’ breeding genetically-engineered insects to fight malaria

Malaria cases have skyrocketed in Djibouti in recent years. Rachel Schraer reports on a British company helping produce insects in the city who cannot spread the deadly disease Read more

The Independent - Dec 28
Africa hit hardest as malaria deaths rise worldwide – WHO
Africa hit hardest as malaria deaths rise worldwide – WHO

Global malaria deaths reached 610,000 in 2024, with Africa accounting for 95% of cases, the WHO has reported Read Full Article at RT.com Read more

Rt - Dec 06
African statisticians provide new insights into malaria prevention
African statisticians provide new insights into malaria prevention

University of the Witwatersrand - Edson Mwebesa, Fellow at the Wits-based Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics (SSACAB), knows children who died from late-diagnosed malaria. His research has also revealed that malaria is more prevalent in pregnant Ugandan women than in any oth... Read more

Medical News - Nov 26
Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns

Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growthSlashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the end of the dec... Read more

The Guardian - Oct 20
Cuts to world’s biggest malaria fund risk a million more deaths – including 750,000 children
Cuts to world’s biggest malaria fund risk a million more deaths – including 750,000 children

The Global Fund pays for more than half of the world’s malaria treatment and prevention Read more

The Independent - Oct 20
Malaria case in New Jersey resident who hasn't traveled under investigation
Malaria case in New Jersey resident who hasn't traveled under investigation

New Jersey health officials said they are investigating what could be the state’s first locally acquired case of malaria in more than three decades. The New Jersey Departments of Health (NJDOH) and Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced on Monday that they are looking into a case of malaria r... Read more

The Hill - Aug 19
Health officials investigate rare case of malaria in New Jersey
Health officials investigate rare case of malaria in New Jersey

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.The group’s new COVID-19 recommendations — released Tuesday — come amid a tumultuous year for public health, as vaccine skeptics have come into power in the n... Read more

Nbc 4 New York - Aug 19
New mRNA vaccine stops malaria transmission in its tracks
New mRNA vaccine stops malaria transmission in its tracks

A novel way to prevent the spread of malaria – a potentially life-threatening disease transmitted through bites from mosquitoes infected by a parasite – could soon be realized, thanks to scientists at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Australia.Continue ReadingCate... Read more

New Atlas - Aug 06
New research suggests a way to prevent the spread of Malaria
New research suggests a way to prevent the spread of Malaria

A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads Malaria, so people wouldn't get infected with a mosquito's bite. Read more

Npr - Jul 25