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New WHO data highlights improvements made by countries in collecting death statistics

Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from the World Health Organization show, highlighting improvements countries have made on collecting vital statistics and monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

18 May 2017

Researchers uncover structural details that make eye-targeting virus a better tool for future therapies

In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses have gotten awfully good at tricking human cells into pumping out viral proteins. That's why scientists have been working to use viruses as forces for good: to deliver useful genes to human cells and help patients who lack important proteins or enzymes.

12 May 2017

Mothers infected with malaria during pregnancy can alter infants’ immunity

Mothers infected with malaria during pregnancy can pass more of their own cells to their baby and change the infant's risk of later infection, a new study shows.

9 May 2017

Maternal education can act as 'social vaccine' for childhood malaria infection, study finds

Every two minutes, a child will die from malaria in Africa. It is a preventable, treatable disease, that each year affects approximately 200 million people globally.

9 May 2017

Metabolite 'signatures' can accurately distinguish typhoid from other fever-inducing diseases

Researchers have identified a metabolite 'signature' that can accurately distinguish typhoid from other fever-inducing tropical diseases using patient blood samples.

9 May 2017

New UCI Malaria Initiative aims to disrupt deadly disease transmission in Africa

University of California, Irvine vector biologist Anthony James will lead a multimillion-dollar effort to cultivate new strains of mosquitoes to fight malaria in Africa.

9 May 2017

Study uncovers potential new therapeutic targets for HCV infections

An international study led by researchers at Monash University' Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) has shone light on the way the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) hijacks the communication systems in the host cells it infects, uncovering potential new therapeutic targets for the disease.

8 May 2017

Study reveals safety data for using antimalarials during first trimester of pregnancy

Malaria is more common and severe in pregnant women, increasing their risk of miscarriage and other adverse outcomes. The adverse consequences of malaria in pregnancy require prompt, safe, and effective treatment.

3 May 2017

Researchers develop antibacterial wound dressing made from shells of crustaceans

A new type of wound dressing could improve thousands of people's lives, by preventing them from developing infections. The dressing, a type of compression held in place by a bandage, uses an antibacterial substance formed from the shells of crustaceans like shrimps.

1 May 2017

Alere introduces first-ever highly sensitive malaria test for asymptomatic infections

Alere Inc., a global leader in rapid diagnostics, today announced the launch of its Alere™ Malaria Ag P.f, a major technological breakthrough in high-sensitivity rapid testing versus currently available malaria RDTs.

27 Apr 2017

WHO/AFRO: Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi to participate in malaria vaccine pilot program

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa announced today that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated malaria vaccine implementation programme (MVIP) that will make the world’s first malaria vaccine available in selected areas, beginning in 2018.

26 Apr 2017

New field laboratory-deployed molecular test could eliminate malaria

As the global community gathers for World Malaria Day to celebrate successes and plot strategy to eliminate the disease from the face of the earth, a new ray of hope is emerging from a surprising place: the testing side of the equation.

26 Apr 2017

Return of malaria in the U.S. is costing millions, study claims

Malaria-related hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. are far more common than expected, report researchers, despite transmission having been eliminated in the country back in the 1950s.

25 Apr 2017

New plant therapy developed at WPI cures patients with drug-resistant malaria

When the standard malaria medications failed to help 18 critically ill patients, the attending physician in a Congo clinic acted under the "compassionate use" doctrine and prescribed a not-yet-approved malaria therapy made only from the dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant.

25 Apr 2017

Penn State researchers receive NIH funding to explore malaria transmission in Southeast Asia

Researchers at Penn State have received more than $1 million in first-year funding from the National Institutes of Health to investigate malaria transmission in Southeast Asia with a goal of working toward the disease's elimination in the region.

24 Apr 2017

WHO drive for increased efforts to prevent malaria

WHO drive for accelerated development efforts to save lives, An event in Nairobi on the eve of World Malaria Day, sees the World Health Organization push for increased efforts to save lives through malaria prevention.

24 Apr 2017

Researchers awarded NIAID grant to develop new tools for eliminating drug-resistant malaria

The University of Maryland School of Medicine has been awarded a $9 million seven-year grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop new tools to help eliminate drug-resistant malaria in Southeast Asia and other regions where the disease is common.

21 Apr 2017

UC San Diego Amazonian Center to receive NIH funding for malaria research

The Amazonian Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, headed by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor of medicine and tropical disease specialist at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, will receive up to approximately $8.3 million over seven years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

21 Apr 2017

NIH announces 2017 ICEMR awards for 7 international malaria research centers

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced approximately $9 million in first-year funding, subject to availability, for seven malaria research centers around the world.

21 Apr 2017

Latest advances in antibody delivery mediated by rAAV for treatment of chronic and infectious diseases

Monoclonal antibody-based therapies have revolutionized treatments of cancer and autoimmune diseases because of their specificity and limited toxicity.

21 Apr 2017

Malaria News and Research

Latest Malaria News and Research

New WHO data highlights improvements made by countries in collecting death statistics

Researchers uncover structural details that make eye-targeting virus a better tool for future therapies

Mothers infected with malaria during pregnancy can alter infants’ immunity

Maternal education can act as 'social vaccine' for childhood malaria infection, study finds

Metabolite 'signatures' can accurately distinguish typhoid from other fever-inducing diseases

New UCI Malaria Initiative aims to disrupt deadly disease transmission in Africa

Study uncovers potential new therapeutic targets for HCV infections

Study reveals safety data for using antimalarials during first trimester of pregnancy

Researchers develop antibacterial wound dressing made from shells of crustaceans

Alere introduces first-ever highly sensitive malaria test for asymptomatic infections

WHO/AFRO: Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi to participate in malaria vaccine pilot program

New field laboratory-deployed molecular test could eliminate malaria

Return of malaria in the U.S. is costing millions, study claims

New plant therapy developed at WPI cures patients with drug-resistant malaria

Penn State researchers receive NIH funding to explore malaria transmission in Southeast Asia

WHO drive for increased efforts to prevent malaria

Researchers awarded NIAID grant to develop new tools for eliminating drug-resistant malaria

UC San Diego Amazonian Center to receive NIH funding for malaria research

NIH announces 2017 ICEMR awards for 7 international malaria research centers

Latest advances in antibody delivery mediated by rAAV for treatment of chronic and infectious diseases

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