Safety net

Can genetically modified mosquitoes control vector-borne diseases? Successful trial gives hope

The results, according to the biotechnology firm running the experiment, are positive. But larger tests are still needed to determine whether the …

Rise in malaria cases in 2016 may be due to decline in health aid

The global fight against malaria is stalled, especially in Africa, because of a decline in health aid, says a new report

Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children within 2 years to be on global immunisation track: WHO

Decreased vaccination levels due to the pandemic have led to a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, …

Health in news on May 4

A round-up of what's new in health

A lesson from malaria

Malaria vaccine tests positive in trials

Exposed!

A tryst winth death

The land of the Brahmaputra recurrently reels under terrible onslaughts of a scourge

Feverish inactivity

BITE OF DEATH

Mayhem in Mewat

Malaria grips Mewat like a death noose while official apathy scales disturbing heights

THAILAND

Fatal fever

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Gender bender

The unique sex life of the malarial parasite

Healing touch

Cures trapped in troubles

More virulent form of diseases could be the future babies of ineffective medicines

A gang of ten

A Rajasthan village entrusts anti-malaria campaign to children; they do remarkable work

Did you know dogs can detect malaria in our breath?

Using dogs to detect malaria in humans can help speed up global eradication of the disease as the method is non-invasive and allows many samples …

Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many

Each year, 500000 people die of malaria annually, a preventable disease. Most of them children in Africa, where …

Borne again

Why is malaria, an easily preventable ailment, showing signs of resurging in all its fury, and what are we doing to contain its marauding steps?

Malaria menace

Health experts warn of an impending malaria epidemic in Vadodara. But government officials are silent over the issue

India comes up with strategic plan to eradicate malaria

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released a plan for strategic action on malaria till 2022, with an aim to eradicate the disease by 2030

Bite that mosquitoes love

It depends on the diversity of skin bacteria