The new WHO guidance strengthens the fight against Plasmodium vivax malaria by combining safer radical cure medicines with routine G6PD testing to prevent dangerous side effects. By clearing both ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued approval to the world's first vaccine that can fight malaria, a disease that kills about 500,000 people worldwide each year. The WHO issued a ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration's decision to terminate 90% ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has affirmed that Nigeria is recording significant progress in malaria prevention and control, citing steady declines in infection rates and improved access to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malaria is transmitted to people by mosquitoes infected with a parasite from the _Plasmodium_ family. Jim Gathany via CDC/Dr.

For a health facility in northern Togo, effective analysis and use of routine surveillance data can mean the difference between identifying a rise in malaria cases early or only recognizing it once ...

A nurse administers a malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba Sub-County hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, July 1, 2022. [VOA] The World Health Organization on Monday announced the recommendation of a ...

In a buzzy new study, researchers found that the controversial drug ivermectin could become a powerful new weapon against malaria. With mosquitos increasingly outsmarting traditional defenses, experts ...