Malaria, Cholera, Parasites News

Malaria vaccine does well in study

A malaria vaccine tested by US and African researchers in Mali produced a robust immune response in young children, the group most vulnerable to the mosquito-borne disease.

Important malaria finding made

Investigators say they have made important lab discoveries in mosquitoes and the parasite which causes malaria, opening up new paths for attacking the disease.

Triggers in malaria vaccine hunt

Scientists have identified two surface molecules in the malaria parasite that could lead to developing a vaccine against the disease that kills at least one million people each year, according to a report.

GSK helps research for malaria cure

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to make thousands of chemical compounds that have the potential to cure malaria available for research, a newspaper has reported.

Urgent medical needs in Haiti

Urgent care for survivors, sheltering the sick and homeless and warding off the spectre of infectious disease head a list of medical needs in quake-devastated Haiti, experts said.

Malaria cases grow in Limpopo

Cases of malaria have increased in Limpopo's Vhembe and Mopani districts over the past week, the provincial health department said.

Mozzie sex key to malaria

Interfering in mosquitoes' sex lives could help halt the spread of malaria, British scientists said.

Malaria push wins half the battle

Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it.

Malaria drug prices too high

Nearly a million people die from malaria each year because they cannot afford the most effective treatment and instead buy old drugs, researchers said.

Brave new world of health ideas

Chocolate as a malaria treatment? Cell phones to detect pneumonia? Who’d fund such outlandish research proposals? The likes of Bill Gates, no less, to the tune of $100 million.