Swiss medical authorities have approved the first drug suitable to treat malaria in babies and very young children. Eight African countries that participated in clinical trials are now poised to ...

Most of us know that mosquitoes can cause problems like malaria. Just one bite can make you very sick. But did you know there’s a type of malaria that can harm your brain? This is called cerebral ...

A child is vaccinated against malaria on September 13, 2019 in Ndhiwa, Homabaya County, Western Kenya during the launch of a malaria vaccine in Kenya. The vaccine (Mosquirix) is the world's first ...

FILE - This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito, known vector for the parasitic disease malaria. (James ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease that can cause serious illness and death. It is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium and is transmitted through the bite of infected female Anopheles ...

The search for new ways to treat malaria — a disease that kills some 600,000 people a year, most of them children in Sub-Saharan Africa — may have just gotten a boost. Chemists at UC San Francisco ...

In an era of climate unpredictability and emerging health threats, the ability to respond swiftly to disease outbreaks can be ...

The first malaria treatment for babies and very young children of 2 months up to 5 years was approved for use by Swiss agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, in early July 2025. Until now, ...

After a Pierce County woman was diagnosed with malaria, Washington residents might be wondering about their risks of getting the deadly disease — and how to prevent the mosquitos that spread it. The ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of ...