Malaria, Cholera, Parasites News

Insecticide resistance to malaria

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts.

Virus strikes cruise ship

A stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Seas" from New Orleans in one of three outbreaks of illness aboard US-based cruise ships.

Antimalarial drug within reach

A scientist at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital's medical research unit has said that trials of a new antimalarial drug were encouraging and paved the way for licensing.

'Origami' paper to test for malaria

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV for less than 10 cents.

New device to study malaria

A researcher has developed “lab on a chip” device to better understand the changes in red blood cells caused by the most common species of malaria parasites.

Malaria death toll twice as high

Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults.

Malaria's 'cloak of invisibility'

A molecule that is key to malaria's 'invisibility cloak' will help to understand how the parasite causes disease and escapes from the defences mounted by the immune system.

Malaria survival tactic found

European scientists have identified a new way by which the malaria parasite survives in human blood, a finding that marks the latest laboratory advance against the disease.

Chink in malaria armour found

Researchers said they discovered a unique microscopic channel through which malaria parasites pass to infect red blood cells, which opens up a promising target for a vaccine.

Malaria vaccine reduces risk

A vaccine against malaria has been shown to reduce African children's risk of acquiring the disease by about half, according to the results of an ongoing phase III trial released.