Medications

First infant malaria treatment receives approval: Novartis

The first malaria treatment for newborns and young infants has received approval from Swiss health regulators, with eight African countries poised to roll the drug out rapidly, pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Suriname declared malaria-free by WHO

Suriname has become the first Amazonian country to eliminate malaria after 70 years of fighting the mosquito-borne disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday.

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