Malaria

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

The six-month study conducted in regions of Uganda where malaria is endemic included 400 mothers and their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months.

|ByREUTERS
Mosquito bite, illustration.
A Congolese health official administers a mpox vaccination to a man, a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has spread from its epicentre, at a hospital in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 5, 2024.

Mystery disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo identified as malaria

"The mystery has finally been solved. It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A DNA analysis of the remains of four individuals from Tylos-period Bahrain (300 BCE to 600 CE), the first ancient genomes from Eastern Arabia, revealed the malaria-protective G6PD Mediterranean mutation in three samples. Illustrative.

First DNA study of ancient Eastern Arabians reveals protection against malaria

The discovery of the G6PD Mediterranean mutation in ancient Bahrainis suggests that many people in the region’s ancient populations may have enjoyed protection from the infectious, deadly disease.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A general view of the submerged houses, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Dera Allah Yar, District Jafferabad, Pakistan September 1, 2022.

After devastating floods, Pakistan on verge of health disaster

Three million children are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition, while thousands of flood-affected pregnant women need urgent medical attention.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Study predicts surge in HIV, TB and malaria deaths amid COVID-19 pandemic

The United Nations AIDS agency and the WHO warned last week of stock shortages, with more than a third of the world's countries already saying they are at risk of running of antiretrovirals.

JULY 14, 2020ByREUTERS
An HIV-positive and tuberculosis patient lies on a stretcher at the Jose Gregorio Hernandez hospital in Caracas

WHO halts trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients

"After deliberation, they have concluded that the hydroxychloroquine arm will be stopped from the Solidarity Trial," Henao-Restrepo told a media briefing.

JUNE 18, 2020ByREUTERS
The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed by a pharmacist at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, May 27, 2020

Germany pauses anti-malaria drug study for COVID-19

Several European governments moved on Wednesday to halt the use of the anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19 patients, and a second global trial was suspended.

MAY 28, 2020ByREUTERS
The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed by a pharmacist at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, May 27, 2020

Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine despite FDA warning

Fox News Channel, immediately after Trump's remarks, interviewed Dr. Bob Lahita, who cautioned people not to take hydroxychloroquine.

MAY 19, 2020ByREUTERS
President Donald Trump with the Coronavirus Task Force hold a press briefing in Washington

Kenya becomes third African nation to introduce malaria vaccine

The vaccine - the world's first against malaria - will be administered to children under two and could be crucial to efforts to combat the disease, health officials said.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019ByREUTERS
Malaria mosquito. [File]