Jan 16 1st malaria vaccine tried out in babies in 3 African nations By Cara Anna, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press Malaria is one of the world's deadliest and most stubborn diseases. Now babies in three African nations are getting the first vaccine for malaria in an unusual pilot program. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:40 New treatments yield hope for stopping tuberculosis, world’s leading infectious killer Sunday marked World Tuberculosis Day. While T.B. doesn’t attract the same attention as influenza, malaria or Ebola, it recently surpassed HIV/AIDS to become the globe's leading infectious killer. In 2018, there were more than 10 million new cases. There hadn’t… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 7:26 Fighting malaria in the remote reaches of Cambodia By Fred de Sam Lazaro Malaria causes nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year. Ninety percent of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor infrastructure limits delivery of drugs. But now there is worry that those drugs are losing effectiveness as disease strains become… Continue watching
Jul 06 Trimming these invasive flowers could help curb malaria By Roni Dengler Biologists working in Mali found an invasive tree also doubles as a buffet and a haven for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Continue reading
Jun 20 Are you a mosquito magnet? Own socks? This study is for you By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American Researchers are studying the way twins smell for clues about the genetic basis of mosquito appeal. Continue reading
Nov 23 Researchers use new ‘gene drive’ to create malaria-resistant mosquitoes By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press California researchers hatched some malaria-resistant mosquitoes and then gave evolution a shove — using a groundbreaking technology to ensure the insects pass on that protective gene as they reproduce, with implications far beyond the promise of fighting malaria. Continue reading
Jul 27 This chicken vaccine makes its virus more dangerous By Nsikan Akpan Scientists find experimental evidence for the first time that a vaccine can make a virus worse. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 5:36 How maps packed with data help scientists fight malaria By PBS News Hour High-tech maps may help researchers understand and predict disease outbreaks like malaria, an illness that kills between 600,000 and 1 million people each year. Scientists have begun using temperatures, rainfall patterns and other data to better target areas most at… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch News Wrap: At Least 5 Killed in Violence After Egypt’s Soccer Riot In other news Friday, cities across Egypt erupted in fresh violence as protesters accused the ruling military of failing to stop a soccer riot that killed 74 people this week. Also, malaria may be killing twice as many people as… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country’s Young Via New Vaccine Each year, pneumonia kills more children around the world than malaria, measles and HIV combined. Ray Suarez reports from Nicaragua on efforts to combat the lung infection, which is the leading killer of children under the age of five. Continue watching