The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the prequalification of the first malaria treatment specifically designed for newborns and young infants ...

For World Malaria Day, Nick Ferris travels to Tanzania to meet clinicians and villagers involved in pioneering vaccine trials ...

While malaria is a formidable and evolving foe, ongoing scientific innovation in vaccines and therapeutics offers a path ...

Malaria kills over 600,000 people a year, and as the climate warms, the potential range of the disease is growing. While some drugs can effectively prevent and treat malaria, resistance to those drugs ...

Ahead of World Malaria Day on 25 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a significant step forward in the ...

Drexel University scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two new antimalarial drugs operate: They give the parasite’s skin a boost in cholesterol, making it unable to traverse the ...

Malaria remains a persistent public health burden, with Plasmodium falciparum causing the most dangerous form of malaria and the most lethal infections. Its capacity to develop resistance to current ...

Malaria fever has its own distinct causes and symptoms. It is caused by the Plasmodium parasite transmitted through the bite ...

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

On the occasion of World Malaria Day, which is observed annually on 25 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a life-saving step against malaria by prequalifying the first treatment ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the genomes of the parasite that causes most cases of malaria outside Africa and a monkey parasite that is emerging as an important cause of malaria in ...

As resistance increased, humans began moving into high-risk areas. Around 14,000 to 13,000 years ago, people started living ...