malaria

The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

LONDON (AP) -- Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults - long considered the least susceptible - a new study suggests....

(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) The link between malaria and Salmonella infections has been explained for the first time, opening the way to more effective treatments.

Global deaths from malaria are falling, but the World Health Organization warns of potential trouble ahead from drug-resistance and a shortage of funds.

(Oregon State University) One of the most comprehensive analyses yet done of the ancient history of insect-borne disease concludes for the first time that malaria is not only native to the New World, but it has been present long before humans existed and has evolved through birds and monkeys.

Scientists believe they are closer to being able to change the genes of wild mosquitoes in order to combat malaria.

(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) LSTM has launched a collaborative project to develop and evaluate new tools to control the spread of malaria in Africa.

AvecNet is a five year, €12 million ($16.9 million) project involving sixteen partners in Africa and Europe, funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework program.

Germany suspends its annual payments to the UN-backed Global Fund against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, following claims of corruption.

The fight against malaria and TB in the developing world should not obscure the problems poor countries face with hospital infections, experts say.

(Wellcome Trust) The largest ever clinical trial in patients hospitalized with severe malaria has concluded that the drug artesunate should now be the preferred treatment for the disease in both children and adults everywhere in the world.

The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, is published today online in the journal the Lancet.