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Kenya to roll out HIV prevention shots in March

Kenya will roll out a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention drug in March across 15 priority regions, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Feb 18, 2026

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Multi-country malaria trial shows a more efficient way to treat the disease

Landmark findings from a major malaria clinical trial led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and international collaborators have confirmed the safety and effectiveness of two Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria ...

Feb 12, 2026

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Affordable microscope speeds up malaria diagnosis with AI

Engineers at Stanford University have developed a high-efficiency, battery/solar-operated, autonomous microscope with integrated artificial intelligence that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood smears—a previously tedious ...

Feb 10, 2026

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Neglected killer: kala-azar disease surges in Kenya

For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman's health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya's arid regions claimed a record number of lives.

Feb 8, 2026

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Slashed foreign aid may cost 9.4 million lives by 2030, study says

Cuts to foreign aid are already shutting down soup kitchens, limiting medicine supplies and reducing food rations in some of the world's poorest countries.

Feb 4, 2026

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Synthetic compound targets malaria at multiple stages to prevent its transmission

Brazilian researchers have developed a synthetic compound that has the potential to treat malaria and block its transmission. The new molecule acts during three phases of the disease cycle, eliminating the asexual form of ...

Feb 2, 2026

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New dashboard helps predict and plan for disease outbreaks

When infectious diseases surge, response often comes down to timing: whether communities can position the right people and supplies before case counts spike. A new tool developed by UC San Diego with UNICEF and New Light ...

Feb 1, 2026

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Experts advocate reformulating health systems in the Amazon in light of climate change

A multidisciplinary team of Brazilian researchers argues in an article published in the BMJ that health systems in the Brazilian Amazon must be redesigned in light of climate change, extreme weather events, and food insecurity. ...

Jan 29, 2026

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Phone-based rapid test flags severe imported malaria cases in under 6 minutes

Malaria remains the most deadly parasitic disease in the world. Although it is not endemic to countries such as Spain, imported cases are diagnosed each year in people returning from areas where the infection is common. These ...

Jan 28, 2026

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Climate change could cause more than 500,000 malaria deaths in Africa by 2050

New research published today in Nature warns climate change could substantially increase malaria burden in Africa over the coming decades. The study projects that a middle-of-the-road climate scenario could trigger more than ...