Severe childhood malaria linked to cognitive impairment later in life
INDIANAPOLIS — Severe childhood malaria is linked to long-term cognitive impairment, according to a new study from Indiana…
A New Challenge in Malaria Control
The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more…
Calibr-Skaggs and Kainomyx join forces to accelerate development of antimalarial drugs
The Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines at Scripps Research and Kainomyx, Inc., today announced a new research collaboration…
Non-native birds drive widespread avian malaria transmission in Hawaii
New research on avian malaria, which has decimated Hawaii’s beloved birds, explains how non-native birds play a key…
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa
Our analysis framework comprised nine main stages, summarized in Extended Data Fig. 1. Preparation of consistent geotemporal climatologies,…
New malaria vaccines helped Ghana slash child deaths. Then Trump and others cut aid.
LONDON/ACCRA – New vaccines are helping Ghana approach a long-sought goal of ending child deaths from malaria, demonstrating…
Understanding the health issues set to dominate 2026
What are the main challenges in global health this year? We reached out to experts to highlight the…
Limited healthcare access leaves Makoko dependent on alternative medicine for malaria
The lagoon in Makoko, one of Nigeria’s largest informal settlements, commonly referred to as Nigeria’s Venice, lay so…
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the Nature Podcast 24 December 2025 In…
African statisticians provide new insights into malaria prevention
University of the Witwatersrand – Edson Mwebesa, Fellow at the Wits-based Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics (SSACAB),…
Malaria healthcare service utilization before, during, and 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 sub-Saharan African countries using Generalized Estimating Equation | Malaria Journal
Study design and data source Longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data drawn from two survey datasets: ‘Premise…
Indigenous knowledge and plant species used as mosquito repellents in the West Nile Subregion, Uganda | Tropical Medicine and Health
Documented plants with mosquito repellent properties Although several plant species with insect-repelling properties exist in the tropics [21],…