WHO warns of increase in malaria cases and deaths
Deaths linked to malaria last year rose last year, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning also of an increase in cases and resistance to current treatment.
Dec 4, 2025
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Infections: News and Research on Mosquito-Borne Diseases
MeSH tree: C01.920.852
Study warns of 'creeping catastrophe' as climate change drives a rise in infectious diseases
Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose as great a challenge to global health as new or emerging pathogens, according to a major international study led by The Global Health Network ...
Dec 2, 2025
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Brazil approves world's first single-dose dengue vaccine
Brazilian authorities on Wednesday approved the world's first single-dose dengue vaccine, which they hailed as a "historic" achievement as cases of the mosquito-borne disease soar globally due to rising temperatures.
Nov 27, 2025
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Cuba battles chikungunya virus outbreak despite shortages of food, medicine
Cuba has been gripped by an outbreak of the viral disease chikungunya, as it battles shortages of clean water, food, fuel and medicine, during its worst economic crisis in decades.
Nov 21, 2025
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Is malaria messaging working? African biostatisticians have the data
Edson Mwebesa, Fellow at the Wits-based Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics (SSACAB), knows children who died from late-diagnosed malaria. His research has also revealed that malaria is more prevalent ...
Nov 20, 2025
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Researchers diagnose disease with a drop of blood, a microscope and AI
Not long ago, the idea of diagnosing a disease with a droplet of blood was considered a pipe dream. Today, this technology could soon become a reality.
Nov 19, 2025
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New malaria drug heralds resistance breakthrough
The first new malaria treatment in decades holds promise against rising drug resistance after Swiss drugmaker Novartis announced it was as effective at treating the disease as established treatments.
Nov 18, 2025
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Western aid cuts could cause 22.6 million deaths, researchers say
More than 22 million people, many of them children, could die preventable deaths by 2030 due to aid cuts by the United States and European countries, new research said Monday.
Nov 17, 2025
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Malaria rapid diagnostic test 'not fit for purpose,' international study claims
An international study published in the Malaria Journal claims that a widely used test for detecting malaria is delivering too many inaccurate false-negative results and is "not fit for purpose."
Nov 17, 2025
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COP30 report reveals how climate change is spreading infectious diseases to new regions
Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors—such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks—to thrive.
Nov 13, 2025
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