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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- Development of indigenous multi-stage Malaria vaccine 'AdFalciVax' is underwayIndia is developing a new malaria vaccine. The Indian Council of Medical Research is leading the effort. The vaccine is called AdFalciVax. ...20 Jul, 2025, 12.13 PM 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
- WHO expert panel recommends Oxford University-Serum Institute's anti-malaria vaccineThe R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine is an easily deployable vaccine that can be manufactured at mass scale and modest cost, enabling as many ...03 Oct, 2023, 12.34 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
- 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
- Malaria to be eliminated from 15 states by 2020: GovernmentBy 2020 we will be able to eliminate malaria from 15 states with an annual parasite incidence (API) of less than one case per thousand popu...14 May, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
- Government launches national framework for elimination of malariaAs per the World Malaria report 2015, 14% of the population in India lives in high transmission area of malaria01 Mar, 2016, 04.26 PM IST
- Centre sets target of making India ‘malaria-free’ by 2030India has set specific milestones and targets as part of a national framework to strategically eliminate malaria by 2030, the global deadli...13 Feb, 2016, 11.28 AM 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
- 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
- Viagra may prevent malaria transmissionThe anti-impotence drug Viagra helps eliminate malaria from the blood circulation which may reduce transmission of the deadly parasite from...11 May, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
- World's first malaria vaccine could be available by OctoberThe results suggest that the vaccine could prevent a substantial number of cases of clinical malaria, especially in areas of high transmiss...26 Apr, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
- New drug combo therapy may treat malaria in children'Artemisinin-naphthoquine drug-combo should be considered for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in settings where multiple parasite sp...31 Dec, 2014, 05.13 PM IST
- Google Earth Engine to help predict malaria on mapsThe goal is to enable resource poor countries to wage more targeted and effective campaigns against the mosquito-borne disease, which kills...14 Sep, 2014, 02.18 PM IST
- Drug to offer 'single-dose' malaria cure foundScientists claim to have discovered a drug that could cure all strains of malaria with a single oral dose and also block transmission of th...29 Aug, 2012, 04.39 PM IST
- Control, not climate change, key to malariaA study published on Thursday casts doubt on the widely held notion that warming global temperatures will lead to a future intensification ...20 May, 2010, 03.43 PM IST
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