Why these volunteers were vaccinated against malaria using a box filled with 200 mosquitoes
An unconventional study may help researchers make the most effective malaria vaccine yet.
An unconventional study may help researchers make the most effective malaria vaccine yet.
Mosquitoes revealed something unexpected about the neurons that encode scent.
Its efficacy is around 30%, but even so, it could save many lives.
"This is a historic moment," said WHO chief.
Not the kindest thing to do, probably, but it's still a cool idea.
It's the first vaccine to meet the WHO efficacy goal.
The Food and Drug Administration recently gave the green light for the first new malaria drug in 60 years.
Researchers found a microbe in Kenya that protects mosquitoes against malaria.
The trials show that the drug helps patients with fever, improves lung function and recovery time.
But we now know how to stop it.
Malaria could be eradicated within a generation, a landmark report says.
We need to step up our game, a lengthy report shows.
An aggressive strain of drug-resistant malaria that originated in Cambodia has rapidly spread into neighboring countries.
Habitat destruction and urbanization certainly played a role, but malaria might have dealt the final blow.
A genetically modified organism could help mankind eradicate malaria.
The two countries join many others who have recently eliminated malaria from within their borders.
Malaria still kills thousands of children in Africa each year -- but a vaccine might change all that.
Improvise, adapt, eliminate.
This is far from being a final drug, but it's still extremely exciting.
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