While improvements continue to be made in anti-malarial drugs and vaccines, the ability of the parasites that cause the disease to mutate and develop resistance to treatment is a chief concern for ...

Malaria is spread through mosquitoes and can be fatal if it is not treated quickly. The disease is rare in the United States, with just about 2,000 cases each year, according to the Centers for ...

Malaria drug may fall short for children, pregnant women VOA: Certain malaria treatments are not working for children and pregnant women. Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, ...

There's never a good time to be bit by a mosquito, but it's more important than ever to stay protected from these pesky critters. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) recently issued a ...

Losing a child late in pregnancy is a cause of extraordinary grief. For many reasons, stillbirths are routinely under-reported, which has made it difficult to quantify the global burden, to determine ...

1 Vascular Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2042, Australia. Cerebral malaria (CM) is a complex of syndromes relating to the ...

Malaria is a disease that’s transmitted by mosquitoes. It is treatable (and preventable), but in severe cases malaria can be deadly. While it may not seem like much of a threat to Americans, about ...

A species of mosquito that arrived from Asia a decade ago appears to be responsible for major malaria outbreaks in Africa. Especially in cities, where malaria was previously rare. This is shown by ...