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UQ and Moderna partner to research and develop vaccines against global public health threats

The University of Queensland has been selected as one of the first launch institutions in the world to partner with biotechnology company Moderna to research and develop vaccines to tackle the world's greatest global public health threats.

9 Mar 2022

IPD pooled analysis quantifies the underlying hematological response following malaria infection

A new malaria study using a very large analysis of pooled individual patient data (IPD) from more than 70,000 patients of all ages, has been published today in BMC Medicine.

9 Mar 2022

Study shows the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on dengue cases in 2020

Nearly three quarters of a million fewer global cases of dengue occurred in 2020, which could be linked to COVID-19 disruptions limiting human mobility and contact, according to a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

3 Mar 2022

Mosquito net use in early childhood increases chances of survival into adulthood

Children who sleep more often under insecticide-treated bed nets have more than 40 per cent higher likelihood of surviving into adulthood than their counterparts who use bed nets less often, a study suggests.

25 Feb 2022

Crucial regulator of malaria parasite transmission identified

Malaria remains one of the biggest global public health challenges. It kills a young child every two minutes, more than any other infectious disease.

25 Feb 2022

A regional corner of Africa found to be a hotspot for highly infectious diseases

A regional corner of Africa is a hotspot for cases of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, prompting researchers to call for targeted health support rather than a national response.

25 Feb 2022

Climate change is sickening, literally!

A news study highlights the change in disease spread with climate change across the globe.

21 Feb 2022

The emergence of infectious diseases from the "germ’s eye view”

The study highlighted that the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that human societies remain ill-prepared and susceptible to novel infectious diseases.

16 Feb 2022

Researchers find unprecedented rise in HIV incidence rate among people who inject drugs in Tijuana

At the February 11, 2022 opening of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine presented data that suggests a new HIV outbreak in Tijuana, Mexico, driven in part by "drug tourism" unabated by the closure of the international border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 Feb 2022

Single-cell sequencing provides detailed insight into early SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs

What is going on at the single-cell level in the first days of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs?

9 Feb 2022

Study provides unique insight into long-term benefits of malaria control in children

Bed nets save lives in the long run, according to a 22-year study in Tanzania which, for the first time, indicates that children who sleep under them at an early age are more likely to survive into adulthood.

3 Feb 2022

Study offers unprecedented insight into the mechanism of action of topo VI enzyme

The function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.

2 Feb 2022

New study on mutation origination fundamentally challenges neo-Darwinism

A new study by a team of researchers from Israel and Ghana has brought the first evidence of nonrandom mutation in human genes, challenging a core assumption at the heart of evolutionary theory by showing a long-term directional mutational response to environmental pressure.

31 Jan 2022

Evaluating the use of megadoses of corticosteroids as a treatment of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers have been investigating the effects of megadoses of corticosteroids on hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

26 Jan 2022

Antimicrobial resistance causes more deaths than HIV and malaria

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections resulted in more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2019, exceeding the number caused by HIV/AIDS and malaria, says a study spanning 204 countries and territories.

22 Jan 2022

Research shows a relationship between increased SARS-CoV-2 seroreactivity and antimalarial humoral immunity

Researchers investigate the cross-reactivity of the SARS-CoV-2 with pre-pandemic malaria-exposed sera samples collected from Cambodia.

19 Jan 2022

Researchers develop devices to automate blood smears for diagnosing bloodborne diseases

One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for analysis.

19 Jan 2022

A comprehensive analysis places antimicrobial resistance among leading causes of death globally

The most comprehensive estimate of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance thus far is published in The Lancet today. It reveals that more than 1.2 million people (and potentially millions more) around the world died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections – placing it among the leading causes of death.

19 Jan 2022

New method reverses insecticide resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 technology

Insecticides play a central role in efforts to counter global impacts of mosquito-spread malaria and other diseases, which cause an estimated 750,000 deaths each year. These insect-specific chemicals, which cost more than $100 million to develop and bring to market, also are critical to controlling insect-driven damage on crops that poses a challenge to food security.

18 Jan 2022

How did the COVID pandemic affect the spread of other zoonotic diseases?

In new research, scientists from the Beijing University of Technology have been investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence and mortality of zoonotic diseases in China. Their work is published in the journal BMJ Global Health.

12 Jan 2022

Malaria News and Research

Latest Malaria News and Research

UQ and Moderna partner to research and develop vaccines against global public health threats

IPD pooled analysis quantifies the underlying hematological response following malaria infection

Study shows the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on dengue cases in 2020

Mosquito net use in early childhood increases chances of survival into adulthood

Crucial regulator of malaria parasite transmission identified

A regional corner of Africa found to be a hotspot for highly infectious diseases

Climate change is sickening, literally!

The emergence of infectious diseases from the "germ’s eye view”

Researchers find unprecedented rise in HIV incidence rate among people who inject drugs in Tijuana

Single-cell sequencing provides detailed insight into early SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs

Study provides unique insight into long-term benefits of malaria control in children

Study offers unprecedented insight into the mechanism of action of topo VI enzyme

New study on mutation origination fundamentally challenges neo-Darwinism

Evaluating the use of megadoses of corticosteroids as a treatment of COVID-19

Antimicrobial resistance causes more deaths than HIV and malaria

Research shows a relationship between increased SARS-CoV-2 seroreactivity and antimalarial humoral immunity

Researchers develop devices to automate blood smears for diagnosing bloodborne diseases

A comprehensive analysis places antimicrobial resistance among leading causes of death globally

New method reverses insecticide resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 technology

How did the COVID pandemic affect the spread of other zoonotic diseases?

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