Over 600,000 people worldwide die from mosquito-borne malaria each year, with the majority of these deaths happening among children under 5.
Now, there's troubling news that the malaria parasite may be gaining resistance against artemisinin, the drug most often used to t...
Scans using lasers and ultrasound can pick up signs of a malaria infection through the skin, without the need for a blood draw, Yale researchers report.
The technology, called Cytophone, could be a real boon for developing countries where access to labs for blood tests i...
It's that time of year when mosquitoes are at their peak, buzzing around barbecues and stinging at will.
But you don't have to become their next victim, says one expert who offers tips on how to avoid being bitten.
A malaria drug could help immune-compromised people who can't shake off babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic infection, a new study says.
The drug tafenoquine helped cure four New England patients whose babesiosis infections weren't knocked out by the usual standard of car...
There's been another case of locally acquired malaria in the United States, this time in Maryland, authorities report.
It's the first time this has happened in that state in 40 years.
No evidence connects this case to seven locally acquired infections in Florida ...
The United States now has had eight reported cases of malaria, seven of them in Florida, state health officials reported Tuesday.
Considered a public health emergency, these cases are the first in two decades to be acquired within this country's borders, not reported by ...
Public health authorities are continuing to investigate malaria cases in Florida and Texas, gathering mosquitoes for tests.
Multiple mosquitoes from Sarasota County in Florida have tested positive for malaria at a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab, ...
Public health officials are warning doctors, especially those in southern states, to be on the lookout for local spread of malaria after five cases have been reported in the United States in the past two months.
This is the first time there has been local spread in this...
Florida has yet another new mosquito species in its midst that has migrated from the tropics, settling in at least three counties since 2018.
It's not yet clear whether this one, called Culex lactator, will contribute to transmission of mosquito-borne viruses in...
New research has confirmed that a three-dose malaria vaccine is both safe and effective in West African adults, including those previously exposed to malaria.
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) led work on the...
A new malaria antibody treatment may keep more people free of the sometimes deadly disease for up to six months in regions where infection rates are high.
Instead of requiring the immune system to make enough antibodies, this experimental drug provides those who receive...
The fight against malaria could hinge on genetically engineered mosquitoes that have something called "gene drive."
Researchers from the Transmission: Zero team at Imperial College London report that they have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth in their gut of th...
Researchers are reporting early but encouraging findings on a potential new way to prevent malaria -- an old foe that still ranks as a major killer worldwide.
In a small trial of healt...
A new drug that can cure a certain type of malaria was approved in Australia Monday for kids and teens.
The approval was...
The first vaccine to protect against malaria has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of children a year.
Malaria kills about half a million people worldwide annually. Nearly all of those deaths occur in s...