Making Gujarat malaria-free: Health Minister recommends using drone to get rid of mosquitoes
The health minister, while speaking at the launch of a campaign to make Gujarat malaria-free by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), said that drones should be deployed to check for mosquito breeding sites in homes.
May 25, 2017, 13:48 PM IST
Loss of forest cover due to human activities causing elevation in malaria cases: Study
Researchers build upon evidence that patterns in climate change, deforestation, and other human-induced changes to the natural environment are amplifying malaria transmission.
May 23, 2017, 21:57 PM IST
This gene variant can mitigate malaria risk by 40 percent
Malaria is a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
May 19, 2017, 19:22 PM IST
Crab shells an eco-friendly way to ward off spread of malaria, say researchers!
Mosquitoes carry diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, the Zika virus and encephalitis.
May 16, 2017, 00:02 AM IST
Malaria to vanish from 15 Indian states in next three years
The government has asserted that states like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and union territories including Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry will be free from malaria.
May 14, 2017, 12:06 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
Drug-resistant malaria cures by plant therapy: Study
The attending physician in clinic in the Democratic Republic of Congo prescribed the malaria therapy made from the dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, when standard medications failed to help 18 critically ill malaria patients.
Apr 27, 2017, 17:02 PM IST
Patients with drug-resistant malaria cured by dried leaf tablets
18 critically ill patients suffering from drug-resistant malaria cured by tablets made from dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant.
Apr 27, 2017, 00:19 AM IST
Malaria detection now a new '20 cent' device away!
Researchers were inspired by toys such as a yoyo and whirlygig that is made using a spherical object suspended on threads which are then pulled to make it spin.
Apr 25, 2017, 23:41 PM IST
Immunisation: How it greatly reduces disease, disability and death worldwide
Immunization can protect against 25 different infectious agents or diseases, from infancy to old age.
Apr 25, 2017, 16:27 PM IST
Defeat malaria with these natural remedies at home
There are a number of effective ways and natural remedies to treat malaria fever.
Apr 25, 2017, 11:15 AM IST
World Malaria Day 2017: WHO calls for accelerated scale-up of efforts to prevent malaria, save lives
Insecticide-treated nets have had the greatest impact, accounting for an estimated 69% of cases prevented through control tools.
Apr 25, 2017, 08:53 AM 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
Monsoon still months away, but Delhi sees at least 79 chikungunya, 24 dengue cases
As per a report on vector-borne diseases by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), at least 79 cases of chikungunya have been reported in the national capital as on April 8, 2017.
Apr 11, 2017, 09:12 AM IST
Parasitic invasion of malaria takes place by weakening our defences, says study
Differences in red blood cell stiffness, due to age or increased cholesterol content, could influence the parasite's ability to invade.
Apr 04, 2017, 22:22 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
Environmental pollutants claim lives of 1.7 million children each year: WHO
A polluted environment is a deadly one - particularly for young children, says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General.
Mar 06, 2017, 09:07 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
This is why mosquitoes are attracted towards people with malaria – Read
The researchers believe that the findings, published in the journal Science, can lead to new ways to fight malaria without using poisonous chemicals.
Feb 10, 2017, 19:52 PM IST
