Several important questions in the field of malaria vaccine research will be answered in the next few years. Phase III results from a multicenter trial will have determined the RTS,S efficacy ...

A malaria vaccine developed by members of the University of Oxford team behind the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab has been hailed as a possible game-changer in the fight against the deadly parasitic ...

Nov. 28, 2024 — Researchers analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug ...

Is the advent of malaria vaccines the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for, or just one step in a larger fight? Vaccines are an exciting addition to our toolbox, but they are not a silver bullet.

THE Ministry of Health is awaiting recommendations from the national immunisation technical advisory group (NITAG), tasked to assess and provide feedback on the cost, quality and availability of two ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...

In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to ...

6.5 months after 3rd dose First episode of parasitemia >0 parasites/μL (Cohort 2) 45.0% (31.4 to 55.9); n = 367 NR Several episodes of fever and parasitemia >2500 parasites/μL (Cohort 1) 27.4% ...

Vaccines and aborted fetal tissue are linked in some cases. That's because certain vaccines, such as a type of rabies vaccine, are made by cultivating the virus in fetal cells. The Janssen COVID-19 ...

A report by Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the blast was the work of an Israeli drone. 2 - It took about six ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — The use of biologic and targeted therapies for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) surpassed more typical therapies in recent years, according to ...