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A health worker vaccinates a Kenyan child with the world's first malaria vaccine. Kenya has given at least one dose to 300,000 children so far.

First malaria vaccine hits 1 million dose milestone — although it has its shortcomings

May 13, 2022
The vaccine couldn't have come at a more critical time, with a surge in cases and deaths from malaria during the pandemic. But its efficacy — and its schedule — are far from ideal.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and first elected female head of state in Africa, stands for a portrait on World Malaria Day in Washington, D.C. Sirleaf, now a leader for global health issues, jokes that this is an "Angela Merkel"

Malaria is making a comeback. Africa's 'Iron Lady' is out to stop it

Apr 25, 2022
At 83, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first democratically elected woman president, is "on the trail." She talks about malaria, her Nobel Peace Prize and the key for women in politics.
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Testing blood for malaria at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Malawi.

Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Doctors are worried — yet hopeful

Feb 06, 2022
Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.
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More people died of malaria in 2020 than in 2019. Here's why

Dec 06, 2021
A new report from the World Health Organization contains some encouraging numbers but also cause for concern, with both cases and deaths on the upswing last year. The pandemic is just one reason.
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A nurse administers the world's first malaria vaccine during a 2019 pilot program in Ghana. The World Health Organization has now recommended the vaccine for use in countries with moderate to high levels of malaria transmission.

WHO greenlights the world's first malaria vaccine — but it's not a perfect shot

Oct 06, 2021
It's also the first vaccine against a parasitic disease in humans. But there are issues to consider, from its rate of effectiveness to the dosage schedule.
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Dr. Raj Panjabi, the newly named head of the President's Malaria Initiative, treating patients during a visit to Liberia, where he was born and lived until 1990. He'll lead the effort to prevent and treat malaria around the world. Each year, some 400,000

New U.S. Malaria Czar: Why We Should Care About The Disease, Even In A Pandemic

Mar 04, 2021
Did you even know the U.S. has a malaria czar? Who himself had malaria as a kid? We interview Dr. Raj Panjabi, newly appointed by President Joe Biden.
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Global Causes Of Death: Significant Shifts From 2000 To 2019

Dec 11, 2020
The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.
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Malaria Consortium providing antimalarial pills in Burkina Faso.

Optimizing Your Pandemic Charity

May 05, 2020
Running the numbers on giving in the time of coronavirus
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Transmission electron micrograph of particles of SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Why Hoarding Of Hydroxychloroquine Needs To Stop

Mar 23, 2020
Despite Trump's public remarks, infectious disease experts say it's premature to think hydroxychloroquine will help against COVID-19. And patients with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis rely on the drug.
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It could be that malaria-carrying parasites are rendered less potent by minestrone.

Soupy Study: Minestrone Could Be A Secret Weapon Against Malaria

Dec 08, 2019
It all started when a London primary school asked children to bring in a plastic tube containing approximately one tablespoon of homemade soup.
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A blood transfusion bag hangs in an operating room in a hospital in the Republic of Congo. Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa have a huge gap between blood supply and demand, new research found.

Hospitals Around The World Have A Dire Shortage Of Blood

Oct 22, 2019

The first global analysis of blood supply and demand finds that many developing countries are relying on risky emergency donations.

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Scientists use a microscope to see if the genetic modification is spreading. Immature modified mosquitoes glow red with yellow eyes when illuminated with a laser.

VIDEO: See A Controversial Swarm Of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In A Lab In Italy

Oct 20, 2019
NPR was the only news organization allowed into the lab to witness the moment the releases began this year. The goal is to create a powerful new weapon in the fight against malaria.
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In 2012, this mother carried her 5-year-old son to a malaria clinic in Thailand from Myanmar. Two new studies find that multidrug-resistant parasites are rendering front-line malaria drugs ineffective in Southeast Asia.

Study: Malaria Drugs Are Failing At An 'Alarming' Rate In Southeast Asia

Jul 22, 2019
Mutant parasites have built up resistance to first-line malaria drugs, according to two new studies in The Lancet. Scientists worry that this could overturn global progress against the disease.
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World's First Malaria Vaccine Launches In Sub-Saharan Africa

Apr 23, 2019
It took more than 30 years to develop. The hope is it will eventually save tens of thousands of lives each year. But there are a few issues.
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Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat.

How Mosquitoes Sniff Out Human Sweat To Find Us

Mar 28, 2019
Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. The finding could lead to new approaches for better repellents.
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Genetically modified "gene drive" mosquitoes feed on warm cow's blood. Scientists hope these mosquitoes could help eradicate malaria.

Your Questions About Italy's GMO Mosquito Experiment, Answered

Mar 01, 2019
What are some of the leading arguments against this experiment? What happens to other species in the food chain? Isn't developing a vaccine a better way to go?
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A female <em>Anopheles gambiae </em>mosquito feeds on human blood through a mosquito net.

Promising New Bed Net Strategy To Zap Malaria Parasite In Mosquitoes

Feb 27, 2019
Progress against malaria has stalled. Now a team is trying a new tactic.
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HIV-positive patients and their families protest hospitals' lack of medicines and supplies in Caracas, Venezuela, in April 2018. Some patients are fleeing to neighboring countries like Peru in search of lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs.

Venezuela's Health Crisis Spills Over To Neighboring Countries

Feb 15, 2019
Refugees are fleeing to try and get health care. And disease outbreaks across Latin America are being linked back to Venezuela.
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Freya, a springer spaniel, is in training to detect malaria parasites in sock samples taken from children in Gambia. Two canine cohorts were used in a study on malaria detection.

How A Dog Could Stop The Global Spread Of Malaria

Nov 02, 2018
One scientist is training the ultimate disease watchdogs — canines that can smell the disease's parasites living inside a person's blood.
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This adult <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> mosquito — the kind that spreads malaria — was genetically modified as part of the study.

Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria

Sep 24, 2018
Scientists demonstrate that a "gene drive" can rapidly spread a genetic mutation through a species, perhaps providing a potent new weapon against malaria. But there are plenty of skeptics.
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VIDEO: The 7 Dwarfs Whistle While They Work To Fight Malaria

Aug 19, 2018
There are two animated anti-malarial videos out there — a new one from the "Wallace and Gromit" team and a 1943 Disney cartoon that put the seven dwarfs under bed nets.
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A colored scanning electron micrograph of a female Anopheles mosquito, a vector for the malaria parasite <em>Plasmodium vivax</em>.

New Drug Wipes Out Malaria In A Single Dose — But There's One Hitch

Jul 26, 2018
Global health activists say it's a big step toward wiping out malaria. But it will be tough to implement in poor countries.
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The beaches of Brazil beckon — but travelers need to find out if they're heading to a part of the country where a yellow fever vaccine is recommended.

A Global Guide For Leery Travelers

Jun 23, 2018
Is your destination too dangerous? How do you protect yourself from health threats?
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This red blood cell is swollen by the malaria parasite. In this image from a transmission electron micrograph, the blood cell has been colored red and the single-cell malaria parasite has been colored green.

How A Cheap Magnet Might Help Detect Malaria

May 24, 2018
Engineers in California are working on a new test that could offer a fast, cheap way to see if people are infected with the parasite.
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A centrifuge can separate the components of lizard blood. In this tube, red blood cells are on the right and green blood plasma is on the left. This sample came from the green-blooded lizard <em>Prasinohaema prehensicauda, </em>which lives in the highlan

Why Do Some Lizards Have Green Blood?

May 16, 2018
Scientists are trying to figure out how green-blooded lizards might benefit from the unusual pigment. The answer could provide new insights into human illnesses like jaundice and malaria.
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