Malaria remains one of the most severe causes of illness particularly in sub-saharan Africa, where according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), was home to 90 percent of malaria cases and 92 percent of malaria deaths recorded in 2015. The disease is estimated to cost the African continent more than $12 billion every year. Ghana ...

Even as Nigeria works towards eliminating malaria, experts in a new study have warned against total reliance on malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for malaria diagnosis, saying the kit for its quick diagnosis in some few cases can give false negative results. Even as Nigeria works towards eliminating malaria, experts in a new study have ...

Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) still maintains that the real cause of cancer in children is yet to be known, it warns that some infections could increase the risk in children. Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) still maintains that the real cause of cancer in children is yet to be known, it warns ...

From creating malaria-resistant mosquitoes to building “photonic fences” able to shoot down the blood-sucking insects with deadly lasers, there are a whole lot of exciting, cutting-edge ways that science is trying to deal with the mosquito problem. Researchers from the United Kingdom’s Imperial College London have developed a new, promising approach to add to the toolset: ...

Two antimalarial strategies have been published from Imperial College London in the past month: new compounds that prevent the malaria parasite from infecting mosquitoes and gene-edited mosquitoes that cannot reproduce, leading to population destruction. Malaria is a potentially fatal disease caused by infection with certain species of the Plasmodiumparasite. Female Anopheles mosquitoes are the vectors that the parasite needs to reproduce and infect new …

A Japanese paint producer has launched the world's first mosquito-repellant paint in Zambia to help it reach a target to eliminate malaria by 2021, the company and a Japanese government official said. Malaria, spread by mosquitoes, is a treatable disease if caught early, but current anti-malarial drugs are failing in many areas as people develop ...