Ebola virus in India? Here's the latest update on the Bengaluru scare, symptoms and precautions explainedEbola virus in Bangalore: A woman returning from Uganda was quarantined in Bengaluru with Ebola-like symptoms. Her tests have come back neg...
27 May, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
Ancient disease pressures may have driven early human migration patternsNew research reveals malaria's profound impact on early human settlements across Africa. Scientists used advanced models to show how diseas...
08 May, 2026, 12.12 PM IST
Novartis gets approval for first malaria drug for babies and childrenNovartis has secured approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, a groundbreaking medication designed to treat malaria in babies and young ch...
08 Jul, 2025, 11.28 AM IST
WHO certifies Egypt as malaria-freeEgypt has been certified as malaria-free by the WHO after nearly a century of efforts. This historic achievement required proving interrupt...
20 Oct, 2024, 11.14 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
Oxford, Serum Institute of India: New Anti-Malaria vaccine trial over, authorization next yearThe phase 3 trial of the R21 malaria vaccine, also known as Matrix-M and developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford, has...
08 Dec, 2022, 01.19 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
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
'Landmark' advance as malaria vaccine first to hit WHO goalIn a clinical trial in Burkina Faso, the Matrix-M vaccine -- developed by the University of Oxford's Jenner Institute -- was found to be 77...
23 Apr, 2021, 09.51 PM IST
Dams contribute to one million malaria cases in Africa annuallyThe study has for the first time correlated the location of large dams with the incidence of malaria and quantified impacts across the regi...
11 Sep, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
P.vivax strain of malaria poses new lethal threat to India, says WHOExperts say, P.vivax is proving to be an extremely difficult parasite as it does not readily respond to the existing control measures
31 Jul, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
WHO calls for enhanced efforts for malaria controlOf the 18.9 million P vivax malaria cases reported in 2012, nearly 13 million were from countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region, mainly...
29 Jul, 2015, 06.52 PM IST
Global travel may encourage anti-malaria drug resistanceThe authors also warned that an increase in international travel and migration might promote direct spread of drug resistance.
21 Feb, 2015, 05.04 AM IST
Drug-resistant malaria found near Indian borderThe spread of malaria parasites resistant to the drug artemisinin into India would pose a serious threat to the global control and eradicat...
20 Feb, 2015, 04.41 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
- Global warming takes malaria risk to hilly areas
Those living in the mountains or higher altitudes across the world will soon face the wrath of the world’s deadliest vector borne disease–m...
08 Mar, 2014, 08.07 AM IST
- Drug-resistant malaria may spread, India warned
A new research has warned that drug-resistant malaria parasites on the border of Thailand & Myanmar may spread to India.
06 Apr, 2012, 07.10 PM IST