Three scientists bag Nobel for Medicine for innovative battle against parasites

While two of the scientists invented drugs for combating roundworm parasites, the third developed a drug to combat malaria

Developed nations should invest in healthcare of poorer countries: WHO

The Addis Ababa conference from July 13 to July 16 will also pave the way for the new set of Sustainable Development Goals

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Big bite

As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only …

Nipping malaria in the bud

Scientists are focussing on strengthening genetically the defence mechanism of mosquitoes so as to render them inhospitable to the malarial parasite.

Malaria breakthrough promises better drugs

Now that they have discovered how chloroquine controls the malaria parasite, scientists hope to use this knowledge to develop more efficient anti-…

Calcutta's sorrow

Gene shows the way

The kiss of death

An early monsoon and increasing drug resistance spark off malaria fatalities in Assam

Marigold magic

An insecticide obtained from marigold flowers is effective against mosquito larvae

Net protection

Losers still

The mad scramble for patenting the magic malaria antidote is seemingly resulting in dishonesty and plagiarism, while Onges, the actual knowledge …

Lethal gambit

The failure of the government to ban lethal pesticides, used to control the spread of malaria, poses a hazard to human health

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Home remedy

African merchandise

Survival is the only business that thrives in an ailing continent

Malaria

Breakthroughs in malaria research may well go the way of the other 'diseases of the poor'

Caught by the gen(i)e

Scientists develop genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria parasite

Nuclear buzz

UN's latest malaria combatant

A benign dam

Worms can be good for kids

Protect against malaria-induced anaemia

Bihar's rural Nightingales

Healthcare receives a boost in starkly poor villages

Communities to the rescue

Malaria is no longer an unmanageable disease in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, thanks to a community-based project

मच्छरों के जीन में बदलाव करके वैज्ञानिकों ने खोजा मलेरिया से निपटने का उपाय

वैज्ञानिकों ने मादा मच्छरों की आबादी को रोकने के लिए जीन ड्राइव तकनीक का इस्तेमाल किया है

India’s progress in health outcomes dismal: UN report

The under-five mortality rate in the country still stands at 43 per 1,000 live births