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World Health Organization To Test First Malaria Vaccine In Africa; Details Here
By Gerard Black | Apr 25, 2017 09:27 AM EDTA malaria vaccine will be tested in three African nations to find out if a global scale of vaccination is possible. The vaccine requires that a strict schedule will be followed for administration of the four doses for protection.
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WHO: Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children Every Year
By Beth Vargas | Mar 07, 2017 10:41 AM ESTPoor environment, lack of access to clean water and medical care raises risk of death among children aged 5 and younger.
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Malaria Vaccine For Adults Provides 100% Protection
By Anne Collins | Feb 17, 2017 07:30 AM ESTScientists say all the data they have so far indicate that what they have is relatively stable, long-lasting protection. The new vaccine showed no adverse effects on those it was tested on and that the next step is to further test the vaccine's effectiveness over several years in a clinical study.
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Malaria Drug Fails Patients In The UK For The First Time
By Anne Collins | Feb 01, 2017 08:00 AM ESTAfter four patients travelled to Uganda, they were treated with malaria drugs last year. After a year, malaria returned and showed signs of resistance to the drugs.
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New Flesh-Eating Parasite Species Discovered In Australia
By Beatrix Smith | Jan 25, 2017 09:50 AM ESTA team of researchers discovered a new species of parasites in Australia that share an evolutionary ancestor to Leishmania, a terrifying group of "flesh-eating" parasites.
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Malaria Drug, Chloroquine, May Help Treat Brain Cancer
By Beatrix Smith | Jan 21, 2017 10:04 AM ESTA drug usually used to combat malaria has been used in patients with brain cancer and do not respond to the targeted treatments.
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Whirligig Toy Inspires Scientists To Invent Low-Cost, Hand-Powered Blood Centrifuge To Diagnose Malaria
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 18, 2017 09:00 AM ESTA team of scientists was inspired by an ancient children's toy to develop an affordable centrifuge to diagnose malaria.
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Malaria Update: Eliminating Malaria In India By Protecting Both Cattle And Humans
By Minnow Blythe | Jan 17, 2017 10:30 AM ESTCattle and cattle sheds play huge roles in the persistence of Malaria in India.
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Genetically Modified Malaria Vaccine Could Curb The Potentially-Fatal Mosquito-Borne Disease
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 06, 2017 11:11 AM ESTA genetically engineered malaria vaccine shows promise as a potent and effective vaccine against the potentially fatal disease.
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Malaria Vaccine Experiment Achieves 50% Success: NIH
By Brian McNeill | May 12, 2016 10:39 AM EDTMalaria is one of the most dreaded disease that affects hundreds of millions of people with more than 500,000 dying from it annually. And the most disheartening part of it all is that includes innocent children aged 5 and below as singled out in a study from University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
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Insecticide-Treated Nets Can Help Prevent Malaria
By R. Siva Kumar | Mar 01, 2016 02:06 PM ESTExperts discover that even though mosquitoes develop immunity, they can be prevented from spreading malaria with the help of insecticide-treated nets.
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$4 Billion Pledged by UK and Bill Gates to Fight Malaria
By Kanika Gupta | Jan 31, 2016 03:15 PM ESTThe UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, and American Billionaire, Bill Gates, joined hands to fund $4.3 billion fight against malaria for the next 15 years
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Danish Worries Rise As Refugees Bring Back Diphtheria After A 20-Year Absence
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 24, 2016 06:44 PM ESTAuthorities caution health officials that Denmark may be facing the threat of various diseases brought in by various migrants from the Middle East.
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New Immune Protection Against Malaria Found
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 28, 2015 03:21 PM ESTHow malaria parasites prevent the body's immunity system from fighting the disease has helped scientists to find a new protective technique.
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Developing Countries Account for More than Half of World’s Cancers
By Jenn Loro | Dec 21, 2015 09:58 AM ESTCancer appears to have leveled off in affluent countries but dramatically increases in less developed societies as more and more people have become accustomed to unhealthy Western lifestyle and habits.
