HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a laboratory in China's southern city of Guangzhou, scientists are trying to enhance the rare sweet wormwood shrub, ...
Health experts and researchers met in the Kenyan capital Tuesday to find ways of eradicating malaria, the world's deadliest infectious disease that kills ...
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 5,500 children across Africa have been given an experimental new malaria vaccine and the British drugmaker behind it, GlaxoSmithKline, promised on Wednesday that price would be no hurdle if it works. The vaccine, called Mosquirix and the ...
Aid groups in Zimbabwe worry about impact of unity government squabbles Aid workers said Wednesday the disarray of the government of Zimbabwe is putting its most vulnerable citizens at risk as hunger and disease threatens to sweep the country. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister ...
Chew on this: Gates Foundation thinks gum, chocolate and malaria may have something in common What do chewing gum, chocolate and malaria have to do with each other? Not much, unless you're a young scientist exploring unusual ways to think about world ...
MANOKWARI, WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 16: Health officials check blood samples for malaria on October 16, 2009 in Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia. Malaria, whilst not a new disease, continues to be a significant problem in Papua. Whilst hospitals try to treat ...
ZURICH (Reuters) - Footballers are teaming up with governments, companies and international health campaigners to push for action against malaria ahead of next year's World Cup finals in South Africa. The "United Against Malaria" campaign, which will start next month and run ...
Tony Plana The cast of the ABC show "Ugly Betty" hold a " Nothing But A Nets Campaign" press conference at the United Nations to highlight Malaria in Africa Mandatory credit: : HRC/ WENN.com Copyright 2009 WENN
Carter helps broker effort on Hispaniola to wipe out mosquito-borne illnesses in Caribbean The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed Thursday to cooperate in a campaign aimed at eradicating the last vestiges of malaria from the islands of the Caribbean ...
Ex-President Carter seeks to boost campaign to rid Hispaniola of malaria Former President Jimmy Carter traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to meet political leaders, health workers and malaria victims Wednesday in hopes of jump-starting efforts to eradicate the disease in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two drugs used to prevent malaria in travelers appear to have a lower risk of side effects than a third commonly prescribed medication, according to a research review published Tuesday. The review looked at eight clinical trials ...
Ethiopia is stockpiling medicine to counter an expected surge in malaria cases due to hotter weather, its health ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, Kesetebirhan Admasu, head of the disease prevention directorate, said the El Nino effect would raise temperatures, reduce ...
