Malaria ravages Nigerian city infamous for vaccine doubts
Zuwaira Muhammad sat beside her emaciated 10-month-old twins on a clinic bed in northern Nigeria, caring for them as they battled malnutrition and malaria.
Nov 21, 2024
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Zuwaira Muhammad sat beside her emaciated 10-month-old twins on a clinic bed in northern Nigeria, caring for them as they battled malnutrition and malaria.
Nov 21, 2024
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Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than 600,000 people every year—most of them African children under five.
Nov 20, 2024
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The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fueling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease, experts say.
Nov 19, 2024
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Mutations in malarial parasites linked to artemisinin-resistance in Southeast Asia have now been found in African children hospitalized for complicated malaria, according to a new study presented at the Annual Meeting of ...
Nov 14, 2024
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While the emergence of colorful butterflies is a welcome sign of summer, the constant buzzing of mosquitoes is an annoying part of the season.
Nov 4, 2024
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An international team of researchers have developed a promising new drug that could help combat the spread of treatment-resistant malaria.
Nov 4, 2024
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Almost half of the world's population is at risk of malaria infection, with children and pregnant women at the highest risk of getting sick and dying from the disease. Current methods to detect this potentially deadly infection ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Malaria, spread by Anopheles mosquitoes, is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. In Kenya, malaria remains a major health challenge, particularly for children under the age of five years. With over 5 million cases ...
Oct 28, 2024
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The Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign against malaria next Tuesday, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Oct 24, 2024
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Maternal antibodies passed across the placenta can interfere with the response to the malaria vaccine, which would explain its lower efficacy in infants under five months of age, according to research led by the Barcelona ...
Oct 23, 2024
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