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Global Warming Tied to Spike in Malaria Cases
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 07, 2014 11:39 AM ESTRising temperatures due to global warming can lead to an increase in malaria cases, according to a new study.
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Malaria Control Saved 3.3 Million Lives Last 13 Years
By Kamal Nayan | Dec 11, 2013 01:25 PM ESTThe program has saved the lives of 3.3 million people since 2000, decreasing the death rates of mosquito-borne disease by 45 percent.
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Malaria Cases In US Reach 40-Year High, CDC Says
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 01, 2013 10:25 AM EDTThe number of malaria cases in United States is highest since 1971, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention affirmed.
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GlaxoSmithKline Wants Approval for First Ever Malaria Vaccine
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 08, 2013 09:19 AM EDTUK drug manufacturing company, GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for RTS,S, the world's first ever malaria vaccine.
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UN Reports Childhood Mortality Rates Halved Since 1990
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 13, 2013 11:03 AM EDTA new UN report found that even though childhood mortality rates have dropped by 50 percent in some regions of the world, there were still 6.6 million deaths last year.
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Malaria Vaccine Yields Positive Results in a Small Study
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 09, 2013 10:11 AM EDTResearchers reported that a new malaria vaccine was tested in a small U.S. study and yielded very positive results.
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New Vaccine May Protect People from Multiple Malaria Strains
By Christine Hsu | Jul 01, 2013 01:43 PM EDTScientists may have found an effective vaccine that can protect people from multiple strains of malaria.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Lose Interest for Human Blood
By Cheri Cheng | May 31, 2013 10:27 AM EDTResearchers mutated mosquitoes by removing the gene, orco, which left the mosquitoes with no sense of smell.
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Mosquito-Transferred Malaria Lowers Severity of the Symptoms
By Cheri Cheng | May 30, 2013 01:41 PM EDTResearchers found that when mosquitoes transfered the malaria parasite, the genetic activity of the parasite resets and results in a less severe form of malaria.
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Cockroaches' Sudden Evolutionary Trick Makes Sugar Bitter
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 10:00 AM EDTThe research may be apply to fields as diverse as malaria treatment and health problems in humans.
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Study Finds Malaria Parasites Communicate with Each Other
By Cheri Cheng | May 16, 2013 02:53 PM EDTResearchers found that malaria parasites communicate to each other within the human body in order to increase each other's chances of being transmitted to another human via mosquitoes.
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Malaria May Make Mosquitoes More Attracted to Human Odor
By Christine Hsu | May 15, 2013 05:09 PM EDTA new study suggests that the malarial parasite may alter the mosquito olfactory system by making the insects more attracted to human odor.
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Researchers Eliminate Malaria With...Bacteria
By Makini Brice | May 10, 2013 12:31 PM EDTAccording to a recent study conducted by the World Health Organization, 220 million people are infected with malaria each year.
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Malaria May Have Evolved to Become Resistant to Best of Malaria Drugs
By Makini Brice | Apr 29, 2013 01:49 PM EDTResearchers have found three parasites in western Cambodia that have evolved to be resistant to artemisin, the frontline of malarial drugs.
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African Countries Need Billions to Maintain Malaria
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 25, 2013 02:37 PM EDTAfrican countries stated that they lacked seven bilion dollars in funding to control and eliminate malaria.
