Mosquitoes are normally associated with spreading malaria rather than preventing it, but in a new study scientists have used ...

Access to vaccines and insecticide-treated mosquito nets, as well as new treatments, are needed to combat malaria, experts ...

A mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, initially feared to be "Disease X," has likely been identified as ...

Malaria, a disease that has plagued humanity for centuries, continues to claim millions of lives each year. But scientists may have found a new way to combat this deadly disease. In clinical ...

10 participants received bites from mosquitoes infected with GA1 parasites, and 10 were bitten by those with GA2 parasites. Three weeks later, they exposed participants to malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

Three weeks after receiving the last set of immunizations, all participants underwent controlled malaria infection by means of five bites from mosquitoes infected with wild-type P. falciparum.

Infants, children under 5 years, pregnant women, travellers and people with HIV or AIDS are at higher risk of severe ...

An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides, according to initial ...

Malaria cases brought into the UK are at their highest level in more than 20 years. There were 2,106 cases of people with ...