Pakistan health authorities seek government permission to import mosquito nets from India after malaria cases surge due to floods: reportThe development came after a deadly malaria onslaught wreaked relentless havoc in flood-affected regions of the country, where hundreds of ...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.40 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
GSK transfers malaria vaccine production to India's Bharat BiotechThe agreement includes transfer of manufacturing of the protein part of the vaccine, RTS,S/AS01, while GSK will continue to supply Bharat B...
28 Jan, 2021, 08.10 AM 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
India among 4 nations that account for 81% deaths from p.vivaxThe report said in 2015, an estimated 212 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide a fall of 22 per cent since 2000 and of 14 per cent s...
13 Dec, 2016, 09.29 PM IST
'Self-sabotage' prevents immune protection against malariaMalaria parasites cause an inflammatory reaction that sabotages our body's ability to protect itself against the deadly disease, scientists...
25 Dec, 2015, 02.31 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
Existing drug may treat deadly form of malariaA drug already approved for treating other diseases in humans may be useful as a treatment for deadly cerebral malaria, according to Harvar...
02 Feb, 2015, 01.34 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
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
Cocktail of proteins can lead to better malaria vaccine: StudyThe study says that a cocktail of AMA1 proteins from only a few different strains can overcome major limitations of an earlier designed ver...
27 Dec, 2013, 02.53 PM IST
Malaria research requires USD 8.3 billion: ReportThe study warns that R&D investments are critical, given the emergence of drug resistance in the malaria parasite and insecticide resistanc...
06 Dec, 2013, 02.47 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
Ranbaxy gets CDSCO nod to sell malaria drug 'SynriamTM'"This approval makes SynriamTM one of the few therapies in the world that successfully treats both, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falcipa...
21 Oct, 2013, 01.17 PM IST
India develops a synthetic anti-malaria drug as an alternative ArtemisininIndia has developed a powerful new malaria drug - an alternative to the global drug of choice Artemisinin - that promises to be a major boo...
24 Apr, 2012, 09.27 AM IST
- Here's how Malaria-causing parasite evades immune system
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia, have found the evasion tactics of the malaria causing pa...
07 Dec, 2007, 04.10 PM IST
- IISc biochemists find effective anti-malarial agent
: In a major breakthrough, biochemists of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore have found that the anti-cancer drug and the inhibitor...
24 Oct, 2006, 04.50 PM IST