New genetic mutations linked to malaria drug resistance discovered
Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance identified new mutations associated with…
New vaccination approach turns mosquito bites into immunity boosters
Researchers from WEHI (Melbourne, Australia) have discovered a new way to help prevent malaria that could one day…
Climate Change Is Shifting Childhood Malaria Hotspots Across Africa, Landmark Study Finds
A new study led by researchers at Yale University School of Public Health reveals that climate change is…
Malaria infection causes permanent damage to the spleen immune cells
Macrophages formed in the bone marrow can only assume the function of embryonal phagocytes, or “scavenger cells,” to…
He cracked malaria’s genome in Mali. Now he’s advising the UN
Vitals Hometown: Koro, Mali Current position: Professor of parasitology and mycology and head of the Parasites and…
New structural insights overturn old assumptions about malaria entry
For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a…
Amazon land use patterns reveal where vector-borne diseases collide
New research links Amazon disease clusters to the region’s agrarian divide, showing how forest-linked livelihoods, mining, poverty, and…
New project launches to advance chikungunya vaccine in Africa
Funded by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, a new €15.3 million project coordinated by Institut Pasteur brings…
What went right this week: the good news that matters
Malaria vaccine ‘significantly reducing’ child deaths African countries that were first to roll out a breakthrough malaria vaccine…
New malaria vaccine offers long-lasting protection without refrigeration
Malaria is a deadly disease killing more than half a million people every year, but a new vaccine…
AI model reads genetic code to trace evolutionary history
Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the…
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…