The Latest Breaking News from Malaria

Mosquitoes have plagued humans for centuries, transmitting deadly diseases. To combat this, we now have access to the whole genome sequences of multiple mosquito species, allowing us to genetically manipulate them. Gene-drive technology is one such approach, which has been used in outdoor trials in India, Brazil, and Panama, showing…

MP Raja said Sanatana Dharma is like HIV, needs to be destroyed. People in North India are looking to DMK and Dravidian parties for "cure". Raja supported Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks comparing Sanatana Dharma to dengue and malaria. He said it is dangerous and must be rooted out. DMK functionaries…

Hot natural weather pattern will exacerbate heat-related dangers brought about by climate crisis

Six months after Lula’s government cracked down on garimpeiros, a legacy of malnutrition and malaria is taking its toll on Yanomami

For the first time in two decades, the U.S. has evidence of local transmission of malaria. Most of the cases occurred in Florida's Sarasota County, which has stepped up mosquito suppression efforts.

In preclinical models, Trans-Tasman research collaborators from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Ferrier Research Institute and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Australia developed an mRNA-based vaccine that can effectively target and stimulate protective immune cell…

As global warming pushes temperatures up, the elevation range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising

It's time for infrastructure to take climate change into account. Texas' abortion bans are in court today. Scientists want to genetically modify mosquitos to help fight malaria.

Scientists have used a gene-editing technique to make mosquitos allies in the fight against malaria. Environmentalists are troubled by the idea of genetically modifying wild animals.