Canada’s reduced Global Fund pledge threatens health at home and abroad
Canada should rethink its reduced pledge to the Global Fund to protect the health of people in Canada…
New malaria treatment holds promise against rising drug resistance
The first new malaria treatment in decades holds promise against rising drug resistance after Swiss drugmaker Novartis announced it…
New malaria treatment could fight growing threat of drug resistance
An experimental drug was effective against malaria in a new study, potentially offering a much-needed buffer against the…
New malaria treatments announced as drug resistance grows
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers on Wednesday reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria’s growing resistance to…
Africa: Taking Down Malaria’s Bodyguards – Scientists Target Parasite’s Secret Defence System
Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each…
Health facilities in eastern Congo face medicine shortages
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are experiencing shortages of medicines as a…
How genetic shifts are helping mosquito evade malaria control efforts
The fight against malaria has received a major boost after Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) scientists, working with…
Malaria-Transmitting Mosquito’s Genetic Diversity and Evolution Revealed
There are a variety of methods that have been established to curtail the spread of infectious disease, from…
Genetic study reveals how Anopheles funestus adapts to malaria control
New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific malaria-transmitting mosquitoes…
Sebastião Salgado’s final thoughts: ‘If we lived thousands of years, we would think differently: we would understand the mountains’ | Culture
“I’m not the best photographer in the world, I’m the hardest-working,” Sebastião Salgado told me in a soft…
Medicines Reimagined – Repurposing Drugs For New Indications
In a group of health-related headlines, one says “Hope for new drug approach. getty As government-supported research in…
Growth and development of two predator species fed a diet of genetically engineered mosquitoes | Parasites & Vectors
Genetically engineered Anopheles coluzzii The genetically engineered AcTP13 strain of An. coluzzii used in these experiments was developed…