Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest public health threats, with efforts to eradicate the disease slowing at an alarming ...

Vaccines are a vital new tool to stop children in poor countries falling sick and dying of malaria. Though not perfect, they ...

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that a mysterious illness that killed more than 50 people ...

In a breakthrough that could change the course of malaria control, scientists have discovered a new drug, nitisinone, which ...

Recently published in the journal Frontiers, a new paper explores the state-of-play for interventions to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality among children in Africa.The research, whose ...

Malaria is rare in the US — for now. But public health experts warn that federal cuts in foreign aid could slow the fight ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

A new drug called nitisinone, which makes human blood poisonous to mosquitoes, could be a vital new tool to fight malaria.

Feb. 11, 2025 — A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 ...

The Trump administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, which has provided life-saving vaccines to children in poor ...

President Donald Trump's administration plans to end US funding for Gavi, an organization that helps buy vaccines for children in poor countries, and will scale back efforts to fight malaria, ...