New data published in The Journal of Immunology has revealed the role of Plasmodium falciparum infection (malaria) in the development of Burkitt lymphoma (BL), the most common childhood cancer in equatorial Africa and New ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear the brunt of malaria cases in the world. In this region, 11 countries account for two-thirds of the global burden.
Apr 25, 2025
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Health care in Africa faces a perfect storm: high rates of infectious diseases like malaria and HIV, a rise in non-communicable diseases, and dwindling foreign aid.
Apr 24, 2025
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Today, as we mark World Malaria Day, we're highlighting innovative approaches that can drive progress toward eliminating this deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Apr 24, 2025
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Results of two parallel studies show that 1 in 4 African children hospitalized with malaria and coma have an additional infection, and that giving antibiotics with antimalarials could help reduce death rates of comatose children.
Apr 23, 2025
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China's success in achieving malaria-free status in 2021 offers crucial lessons for the global malaria fight, say experts in a special collection of articles published by The BMJ.
Apr 22, 2025
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Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a key process where malarial parasites ...
Mar 5, 2025
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The malaria parasite is still killing almost half a million people every year. A project has now identified a gene that holds out the prospect of a safe, effective live vaccine. The study is published in PLOS One.
Feb 28, 2025
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Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what may be behind a surge of illnesses that has surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people.
Feb 28, 2025
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A new clinical trial from Scripps Research in La Jolla aims to make significant gains in the global fight against malaria by making a drug that has been around since the 1970s last longer.
Feb 25, 2025
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