New treatments for Cystic Fibrosis and other disorders awarded funding at private research university
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members recently received significant funding from the National Centre…
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Uganda rushes to combat malaria epidemic
Hundreds of health workers have been dispatched to northern Uganda to combat a malaria outbreak…
Gap in malaria treatment for pregnant women
The proportion of pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa receiving preventive measures such as intermittent preventive…
Outdoor mosquito trap uses human scent as lure
A box that uses human scent to trap and kill mosquitoes at night promises malaria…
Malaria and syphilis: leading infectious causes of stillbirth at global level
Losing a child late in pregnancy is a cause of extraordinary grief. For many reasons,…
Malaria: big progress, major challenges
In its just-released World Malaria Report 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals there has…
Africa makes progress as malaria deaths drop below half a million says WHO
The number of people killed by malaria dropped below half a million in the past…
300 million child-friendly antimalarial treatments supplied without profit by Novartis
Novartis announced today that it has reached a delivery milestone of 300 million paediatric antimalarial…
Research underway to treat cerebral malaria with indigenous plants
A doctoral project that aims to combat some of the worst effects of malaria in…
President of Liberia keynotes gala for global health to support infectious disease research
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia delivered the keynote address at the 11th Annual Gala…