Did dinosaurs go extinct due to malaria?
A new research shows that the first vertebrate hosts of malaria were reptiles including dinosaurs
Catching viruses
Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed …
Hitting malaria with herbs
A Chinese medicinal plant known as long ago as 168 BC has been found successful in checking malaria, which is becoming increasingly resistant to …
Africa not on track to eliminate malaria by 2030 as envisioned: Report
Disruptions in access to health facilities, supply chain during COVID-19 pandemic impacted management of malaria cases
HIV, TB, malaria prevalence will reduce with fewer inequalities in healthcare: WHO
A recent WHO report takes a look at 32 health indicators from 186 countries on HIV, TB and malaria, that kill 2 million annually
WHO launches high impact plan to check malaria
The newly launched response, high burden to high impact, builds on the principle that no one should die from a disease that can be easily prevented
World not on track to meet 2020 milestone for malaria control: WHO
Currently, less than one per cent of the global funds for health R&D investment are allocated to develop tools to fight malaria
How to use evolution to fight malaria
Scientists have proposed a new strategy to select mosquitoes which can be checked by repellents, thereby less likely to transmit malaria
Global warming can put billions at risk of malaria, dengue: Study
Policy makers should prepare appropriate strategies to build resilience to major mosquito-borne diseases in a warmer and more urbanised world, …
World Malaria Report: Despite a dip in cases, India still one of the worst-hit countries
While Africa and India saw the maximum dip in malaria cases between 2017 and 2018, they still accounted for 85 per cent deaths
Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India
Despite the increasing burden respiratory infections and water borne disease, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the last …
IIT Hyderabad develops device to detect infectious diseases at low costs
The device can help detect infection on the first day of being infected and can be used without the help of a technician
Funds for research on neglected diseases lowest in 2015
Over 1 billion people in 149 countries worldwide suffer from one or more neglected diseases
Three scientists bag Nobel for Medicine for innovative battle against parasites
While two of the scientists invented drugs for combating roundworm parasites, the third developed a drug to combat malaria
Developed nations should invest in healthcare of poorer countries: WHO
The Addis Ababa conference from July 13 to July 16 will also pave the way for the new set of Sustainable Development Goals
Big bite
As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only …
Nipping malaria in the bud
Scientists are focussing on strengthening genetically the defence mechanism of mosquitoes so as to render them inhospitable to the malarial parasite.
Malaria breakthrough promises better drugs
Now that they have discovered how chloroquine controls the malaria parasite, scientists hope to use this knowledge to develop more efficient anti-…
Losers still
The mad scramble for patenting the magic malaria antidote is seemingly resulting in dishonesty and plagiarism, while Onges, the actual knowledge …
Lethal gambit
The failure of the government to ban lethal pesticides, used to control the spread of malaria, poses a hazard to human health
Communities to the rescue
Malaria is no longer an unmanageable disease in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, thanks to a community-based project
Caught by the gen(i)e
Scientists develop genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria parasite
SDG remains a distant dream in Sub-Saharan region
Africa's progress is crucial to the world achieving the 37 health-related indicators under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by …
Unused funds, understaffed civic agencies cause spurt in vector-borne diseases
In 2015-16, only 42 per cent of the Rs 620 crore allocated for prevention of vector-borne diseases was spent
Is chicken's odour the answer to mosquito-borne diseases?
Research finds that mosquitoes avoid feeding on chicken through olfactory identification