CDC issues health alert on Malaria after cases reported in Texas and FloridaAfter five cases of spread of malaria by mosquitos were reported in two months in Texas and Florida, the CDC issued warning.
27 Jun, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
US issues alert after first local malaria spread in 20 yearsFour malaria cases detected in Florida and one in Texas, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both Texas and Florida...
27 Jun, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
Artificial light may aid in controlling malaria, likely to alter mosquito biologyThe use of artificial lights can trick malaria-transmitting mosquito species that feed nocturnally into behaving as if it's daytime.
04 Jun, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
To knock out a mocking mosquito: What Florida thinks today, India can swat tomorrowAmerica is releasing mosquitoes to disarm mosquitoes.
29 Apr, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
World Malaria Day: The disease spreads only in monsoon & other myths bustedOne cannot have long-lasting immunity from malaria.
25 Apr, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
A sigh of relief: Mosquitoes cannot spread Covid-19But that exoneration will not alter their status as Public (Health) Enemy No. 1.
22 Jul, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Raise a roast for malaria-free coffeeMosquito-promoting farming needs to be curbed; fair trade isn’t enough.
12 Mar, 2020, 08.45 AM IST
Fever, back pain, and headaches? Don't ignore malaria symptoms, it could be fatalMalaria has been a major cause of concern around the world.
27 Jul, 2018, 01.49 PM IST
Triple whammy: You can get dengue, malaria, chikungunya at the same timeResearchers at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have reported two such cases in the medical journals Intervirology and Virus Disease.
11 Feb, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
Tata Trusts to start project to eradicate malaria in IndiaTata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata, managing trustee R Venkataramanan and head of innovation Manoj Kumar will bet the trustees of the new Inst...
27 Sep, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
- Cigarette butts to eliminate mosquitoes?
Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Cigarette butts (CBs) thrown into garbage as trash can be turned into a valuable resource for killing mosquitoes t...
22 Sep, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
'New malaria vaccine found 100 per cent effective'The Plasmodium falciparum parasite is responsible for most malaria infections and almost all deaths caused by the disease worldwide.
16 Feb, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
Malaria toll in Delhi rises to 6According to a senior municipal health official the malaria deaths were reported at various hospitals in from July to September.
20 Sep, 2016, 09.59 PM IST
Malaria may have evolved 100 mn years ago & even affected dinosaurs, says studyMalaria is often thought to be of more modern origin- caused primarily by one genus of protozoa & spread by anopheline mosquitoes.
29 Mar, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
Genetically modified mosquitoes to help fight malariaThe mosquito species Anopheles gambiae is a major carrier of dangerous malaria parasites in sub-Saharan Africa.
08 Dec, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
New drug target to fight malaria identifiedThe disease is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted to humans by the infectious bite of an Anopheles mosquito.
28 Nov, 2013, 12.47 PM IST
Mosquito musicale as the new buzz?The very sound of mosquitoes buzzing round in the vicinity sends people scurrying for all sorts of repellents.
02 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST