Indian scientists resurrect World War-era drug to fight malaria

Now, they are working to make this drug more effective using nanotechnology

Malaria-free India: A vision may be more achievable now

The US’ FDA has approved a drug that can flush out a recurring parasite that causes 34 per cent malaria cases in India

Malaria-helping protein identified

By targeting the protein, pharma companies can develop a new drug to treat the disease and block its transmission

Malaria vaccine: India needs it too, say experts

Countries in Africa registered 94 per cent of all malaria cases and deaths that took place globally in 2019; India saw the largest drop …

Nigeria has Africa’s highest malaria death rate — progress is being made, but it’s not enough

Nigeria’s environment is a favourable one in which mosquitoes – the malaria vector – can thrive

Azerbaijan, Tajikistan reach malaria-free milestone

In Tajikistan and Azerbaijan, the last cases of regional spread of Plasmodium vivax malaria were discovered in 2012 and 2014

As a Malian, the slogan 'zero malaria starts with me' has special meaning

Researchers in Africa are in the early stages of developing a genetically modified mosquito that can only produce male offspring

Anti-malaria drug may be repurposed to treat Zika

A team of Indian researchers identify a viral protein that can be targeted by an already available anti-malarial drug — hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)

Progress against malaria continues to plateau: Report

Africa continues to carry the highest burden: It accounted for 94% of the world’s malaria cases and deaths in the last 20 years 

Vaccine hope

While Africa gets its first vaccine to fight malaria, India is still in the early stages of clinical trials

World Malaria Day: How Africa plans to fight the disease

Malawi becomes the first African nation to roll out landmark vaccine, Ghana and Kenya to join the league soon; Uganda adopts a new mass action …

Why do we need to worry about antimicrobial resistance in the time of COVID-19?

As more and more antimicrobials are used to control the virus and the co-infections, this indiscriminate use will further increase AMR

Fatal bacterial infections may stem from COVID-19 therapies, AMR a concern: Study

Researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2 and bacteria in lungs may affect each other’s ability to cause damage and worsen the outcome in a …

Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial drug

It has an efficacy rate of over 95 per cent, claims company