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Malaria remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, there were more than 280 million cases in 2024, with 610,000 people dying from the parasitic infection. ...
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Severe childhood malaria is linked to long-term cognitive impairment, according to a new study from Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators at Makerere University in Uganda. The findings, ...
May 16, 2026
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A disease transmitted by the bite of a tiny insect—one that once devastated entire armies—remains among the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2024 alone, there were 282 million cases of malaria reported and 610,000 deaths ...
Malaria continues to place a substantial burden on many emerging economies, contributing to significant loss of life, long-term disability, and economic disruption. According to the World Health Organization, the disease ...
Dec 23, 2025
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Researchers have built a 3D human blood-brain barrier in the lab and discovered a key role of brain pericytes in cerebral malaria disease
Oct 24, 2025
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Cerebral malaria kills 1 out of 5 children that suffer from it, and causes long-term disabilities in half of the survivors. Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which reproduces in our red blood cells ...
Sep 18, 2025
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India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala.
Sep 18, 2025
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A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake.
Jul 29, 2025
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Northwestern scientists investigating severe malaria infections in children have uncovered key biological markers that could help guide future treatments, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
Jun 10, 2025
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Results of two parallel studies show that 1 in 4 African children hospitalized with malaria and coma have an additional infection, and that giving antibiotics with antimalarials could help reduce death rates of comatose children.
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