On a sunny afternoon under a tree, a group of Community Health Promoters and local community members have gathered. This informal yet critical meeting is part of an ongoing effort to tackle malaria, ...

Scientists have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria orchestrates their cell division -- which is key in enabling the parasite to transmit this deadly disease. They show how they have ...

Researchers have created a "mosquito STD" in an effort to stop the pesky pests from spreading malaria to humans.A team of researchers that included a University of Maryland entomologist came up with a ...

Malaria is a leading cause of death among children in sub-Saharan Africa, and is to blame for over 600,000 deaths worldwide every year. But scientists have long been working to develop better ...

After a Pierce County woman was diagnosed with malaria, Washington residents might be wondering about their risks of getting the deadly disease — and how to prevent the mosquitos that spread it. The ...

A monoclonal antibody (mAb), L9LS, shows promise in preventing malaria infection, according to the results of a small, proof-of-concept study reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. Of 17 ...

University of the Witwatersrand - Edson Mwebesa, Fellow at the Wits-based Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics (SSACAB), knows children who died from late-diagnosed malaria. His ...

Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on Earth because they transmit diseases including malaria, which is thought to be responsible for the deaths of over 600,000 people every year. Many of them ...

The researchers found out that Anopheles arabiensis - one of the main species that transmits malaria in sub-Saharan Africa - avoids chickens when looking for hosts to feed on. READ ALSO: Ghanaian ...