HealthApril 17, 2009
Money for cheaper herb-based malaria meds
A Guide to Malaria
Take stock on April 25, World Malaria Day: The international community has just two years to meet the United Nations's 2010 goal of providing protection and treatment to every person threatened by malaria. Can it be done?
TechnologyMarch 17, 2009
Fight Malaria by Helping Mosquitoes
Johns Hopkins researchers are trying to stop malaria's spread by keeping mosquitoes from becoming infected with the parasite that they pass on to humans. Cynthia Graber reports
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TechnologyNovember 17, 2008
2008 Gadget Guide: 11 Socially Responsible Inventions to Save the World
Devices to pump and filter water, protect against disease-carrying insects, and more
HealthJuly 1, 2008
Is the U.N. Deadline on Curing Malaria Wishful Thinking?
The challenge of controlling the disease in Africa by 2010 is fundamentally organizational, not technical
HealthMarch 12, 2008
Self-Experimenters: Malaria Vaccine Maven Baits Irradiated Mosquitoes with His Own Arm
Stephen Hoffman has given years of sweat—and lots of blood—on his quest to stop a global killer
HealthMarch 6, 2008
Lending a Helping Arm: Volunteers Risk Malaria to Test Vaccine
Volunteers in Seattle chance getting the disease in a bid to defeat it
HealthFebruary 4, 2008
Net Benefits: Bed Netting, Drugs Stem Malaria Deaths
Proactive African countries see fewer children felled by the mosquito-borne disease
The SciencesNovember 29, 2007
A 'Flower' That Delivers Disease-Killing Treatments to Mosquitoes
In development: an artificial flower that kills pathogens in disease-carrying mosquitoes but spares the bugs
The SciencesOctober 17, 2007
Successful Malaria Vaccine Also Proves Effective in Infants
New data shows that the RTS,S vaccine is safe and effective in infants
The SciencesMarch 22, 2007
Fighting Malaria Mosquitoes with Mosquitoes
If transgenic mosquitoes immune to malaria could outcompete and replace regular mosquitoes, they could help keep people free of the disease
The SciencesJanuary 5, 2007
Malaria: Jumping to a Solution
A species of jumping spider loves to feed on the specific type of mosquitoes that spread malaria
The SciencesNovember 9, 2005
Malaria Vaccine Proves Effective in Clinical Trial