Expert panel has recommended that India doesn't fall within criteria for adopting malaria vaccines: GovtAn expert panel suggests India need not adopt malaria vaccines. These vaccines are for areas with moderate to high transmission. They are a...
12 Aug, 2025, 04.49 PM IST
The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authoritySwissmedic has approved Coartem Baby, a malaria medicine specifically formulated for infants weighing 2 to 5 kilograms. This marks the firs...
09 Jul, 2025, 06.43 AM IST
India registers 'significant progress' in reducing malaria cases: WHOIndia has made significant strides in reducing malaria cases and deaths, exiting the WHO's high-burden group. Community health workers, pri...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
World Malaria Day 2023: Theme, significance, key detailsWorld Malaria Day is an important observance day that highlights the ongoing efforts to control and eventually eliminate malaria.
25 Apr, 2023, 12.15 PM IST
Oxford University, Serum Institute of India tie-up delivers 'high efficacy' malaria vaccineThe R21/Matrix-M vaccine, leveraging Novavax's adjuvant technology, has been approved for use in children aged 5 to 36 months - the age gro...
13 Apr, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
India should set up its malaria vax manufacturing units in AfricaBharat Biotech will be manufacturing the recently approved vaccine Mosquirix for combating malaria. Setting up production units in Africa w...
11 Oct, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big dealApproval of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine, which goes by the name Mosquirix, provides a "glimmer of hope" for Africa, according to Dr. Matshidiso ...
10 Oct, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
Health dept teams rush to Haryana's Chilli village after several children die due to high feverThough the actual cause of fever has not been confirmed by the health department yet, the prevalence of fever over the last few days in the...
14 Sep, 2021, 10.23 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
India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases in South-East Asia between 2000-2019: WHOWHO noted the "impressive gains" made by India in the fight against malaria, with reductions in cases and deaths of 18 per cent and 20 per ...
01 Dec, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warnsThe WHO said new projections indicate that in a worst-case scenario, 769,000 people could die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa this year as...
24 Apr, 2020, 05.48 PM 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
Maternal education fights malaria better than vaccine: StudyMalaria is a treatable disease that each year affects approximately 200 million people globally. The young are particularly vulnerable to t...
10 May, 2017, 01.44 PM IST
Malaria on decline in India, half a million die globally: WHOIndia has seen a "major" decline in the number of deaths caused by Malaria in the last three years even as more than half a million people ...
23 Apr, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Over 111 crore Indians at risk of getting infected with malaria: World Malaria Report 2014The country also faces the most deadly threat of the malaria strain becoming resistant to the most advanced drugs available till date.
10 Dec, 2014, 12.28 PM IST
Cipla Ltd, Strides Arcolab signs collaboration agreements with Medicines for Malaria VentureCipla and Strides will develop a product building on the clinical studies led by TDR, the special programme for research and training in tr...
27 Nov, 2014, 05.55 PM IST
First malaria vaccine may be ready next yearThe world's first malaria vaccine will be available in the market by next year. Pharma company GSK has submitted a regulatory application t...
31 Jul, 2014, 01.03 PM IST