Ghana is the first country in the world to roll out a malaria treatment specially formulated for newborn babies. The new treatment, known as Coartem <5 kg Baby, uses a new ratio and dose of artemether-lumefantrine to account for metabolic differences in babies under 5kg. Small babies handle drugs differently due to the immaturity of their […]| Health Policy Watch
The first pregnant woman infected with malaria has been recruited into a Phase 3 trial in Mali that is evaluating the efficacy and safety of antimalarial drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy. Pregnant women are more susceptible to malaria as they have reduced immunity, and malaria poses serious risks to both mothers and babies. […]| Health Policy Watch
We don't fully understand why some people appear more attractive to mosquitoes – largely because it's complicated, a tangled web of physiological factors, geography and species. But a new study has found that for some people, the biting insects are partial to the taste of beer.| New Atlas
While deaths from malaria have fallen by 29% since over the past two decades, mortality could rise again this year due to the cuts in global health funding| Health Policy Watch
EMBL Barcelona researchers shed light on how the blood-brain barrier is damaged during severe malaria.| EMBL
To coincide with our Africa special issue of September 2025, we interview Tanzania-based Susan Rumisha about her work on malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, and her life beyond the laptop. ...| Significance magazine
Malaria remains a concern in Florida because the state has 14 mosquito species capable of harboring and transmitting the parasites responsible for the disease.| epi.ufl.edu
Top row (from left to right): Maria Carolina Barbosa da Silva, Brittany Cooke, Erik Curtis, Mahmood Gohari, David Kormos, Mindy Lam| EPIC Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium
See what stories caught our attention this week, from the Danish capital’s plan for a wetter future to a new and improved mosquito net.| Reasons to be Cheerful
A novel way to prevent the spread of malaria – a potentially life-threatening disease transmitted through bites from mosquitoes infected by a parasite – could soon be realized, thanks to scientists at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Australia.| New Atlas
Malaria and dengue fever should not deter you from experiencing Sumatra. With proper precautions and awareness, the risk remains minimal. Der Beitrag Malaria and Dengue in Sumatra: What Travelers Need to Know erschien zuerst auf Discover Sumatra.| Discover Sumatra
Effective altruists continue to be leaders in providing evidence-based global health solutions.| Reflective altruism
As West Nile virus is detected in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, we take a look at how UKHSA is protecting the UK from vector-borne diseases| ukhsa.blog.gov.uk
Malaria – a disease transmitted between people by mosquitoes – remains a major cause of death globally, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. While recent efforts to control mosquitoes have been very successful in reducing malaria, particularly insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquito populations seem to be persisting. In this episode of Naturally Speaking, editors Ellen Hughes and Taya […]| Naturally Speaking
The processes designed to “soften” Upper Canada’s disease landscape—such as agriculture and settlement—were also tools of settler colonialism.| NiCHE
