WHO gives historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect children in Africa
"This is a vaccine developed in Africa by African scientists and we`re very proud," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Oct 07, 2021, 07:58 AM IST
Hydroxychloroquine is having some good results on coronavirus COVID-19 patients, says President Donald Trump
A top member of the White House Task Force on Coronavirus has cautioned against arriving at any conclusion right now as tests in this regard are still underway.
Apr 04, 2020, 09:28 AM IST
World's first malaria vaccine launched
As part of the pilot programme, the vaccine known as RTS,S, will be made available to children up to 2 years of age in Malawi.
Apr 24, 2019, 18:08 PM IST
Mom's education may act as 'social vaccine' against malaria
Researchers, including those from University of Alberta in Canada, tested 647 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between the ages of two months and five years.
May 10, 2017, 20:32 PM IST
Malaria: 3 African nations to get world's first vaccine by next year
Ghana, Kenya and Malawi were chosen because they already run large programmes to tackle malaria, including the use of bed nets, yet still have high numbers of cases.
Apr 24, 2017, 15:37 PM IST
Scientific breakthrough to aid malaria vacccine research
Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) announced the breakthrough after they tracked cells and discovered a molecule which kills microbes that infect the liver - such as malaria, Xinhua news agency reported.
Mar 20, 2017, 10:36 AM IST
Bite-mimicking malaria vaccine shows promise: Study
The candidate drug, called PfSPZ, provided up to 100 percent protection for 10 weeks in a trial in Germany, although a trial in real life conditions in Mali gave a lower level of defence, they reported in two separate studies.
Feb 16, 2017, 12:20 PM IST
New, effective malaria vaccine discovered
More than 200 million people a year are infected with malaria and the disease caused the deaths of nearly half a million people worldwide in 2015.
Feb 12, 2017, 15:15 PM IST
Malaria vaccine made from genetically modified parasites found safe, effective
The first-in-human phase 1 study shows a weakened form of the malaria parasite safely activated strong immune responses in 10 healthy volunteers, whose antibodies completely protected mice from malaria infection.
Jan 05, 2017, 18:46 PM IST
Changing schedule of doses can improve malaria vaccine efficacy
Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) have shown that the efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01, can be improved to approximately 87 per cent, compared with 63 per cent using the current standard regimen.
Sep 07, 2016, 20:51 PM IST
New malaria vaccine shows protection for more than a year!
The new vaccine, known as the PfSPZ Vaccine, gives 55 percent protection for more than one year to a few healthy adults.
May 11, 2016, 09:57 AM IST
World Malaria Day: 10 facts you must know about malaria and its vaccine!
Symptoms of malaria include: fever, headache, chills and vomiting.
Apr 25, 2016, 11:45 AM IST
Malaria immune-booster vaccine comes closer to reality
It was the first time scientists had pinpointed why the immune system fails to develop immunity during malaria infection.
Dec 25, 2015, 10:03 AM IST
WHO expert panel urges pilot roll-out of first malaria vaccine
The panel said the Mosquirix or RTS,S vaccine, should be given in three to five different areas with moderate-to-high malaria transmission, reaching up to a million children.
Oct 23, 2015, 21:48 PM IST
Why promising malaria vaccine partly protected kids
Using new technology, researchers found new biological evidence to help explain why the malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 provided only moderate protection among vaccinated children during clinical testing.
Oct 23, 2015, 09:17 AM IST
Protective effects of RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate
An team of researchers has used cutting edge genomic methods to uncover key biological insights that help explain the protective effects of the world's most advanced malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S).
Oct 22, 2015, 10:02 AM IST
Scientists 'accidentally' stumble upon cure for cancer!
The researchers were hunting for a way of protecting pregnant women from malaria, which can cause huge problems because it attacks the placenta.
Oct 15, 2015, 18:33 PM IST
