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 ...

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 ...

Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) discovered a key process ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

IN the fight against malaria, global health workers have long relied on bed nets treated with insecticide to ward off disease-transmitting mosquitos. But with insecticide resistance rising, a new ...