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Mosquito ‘Nose Transplant’ a Breakthrough in Wiping out Malaria

Five years of exhaustive research has yielded the key to thwarting “the most dangerous animal on the planet:” disarming its nose. Scientists at...
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Malaria Cases Drop Dramatically Thanks to Increased Funding

A World Health Organization report released yesterday confirmed a reversal in the course of malaria, with far fewer children dying from the disease. The...
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UNICEF Funding 20 Million Mosquito Nets for Anti-Malaria Effort

UNICEF has allocated more than $8 million in new funds to distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Ray Chambers,...
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UN Seeks to Ban DDT Pesticide, and Still Fight Malaria

The United Nations announced a plan on Wednesday that aims to finally rid the world of DDT, a toxic pesticide still used to spray...
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Research Breakthrough in Treatment of Malaria

A team of Monash University researchers in Sydney has made a major breakthrough in the international fight against malaria, which claims the life of...
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Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Babies and Youngsters

A promising malaria vaccine gives babies and young children significant protection against the deadly disease, suggest two clinical trials to be published Thursday...
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Bed Nets Pay Off With Plunge in Malaria Cases in Gambia

The incidence of malaria in Gambia fell substantially in five years -- between 50 percent and 85 percent from 2003 to 2007 -- thanks...
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Anti-Poverty Summit Raises $16 Billion- $3 Billion for Malaria (with Video)

Despite current financial woes, a UN summit called to rev up the war on global poverty raised a total of roughly 16 billion dollars,...
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US Triples AIDS, Malaria, TB Funds for Poorest Countries

US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed legislation tripling funds to fight the killer diseases of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the world's...

Landmark Vaccine Protects Infants Against Malaria

The most ambitious attempt to engineer a vaccine against malaria has cleared another key hurdle, with tests among African babies showing the prototype to...

Cheap Allergy Drug Found to Cure Malaria in Mice

"The breakthrough has excited researchers" because the allergy drug found to kill the malaria parasite is "already licensed for use in people," and because...

Keep Out All the Christmas Spices – They’re Powerful Antioxidants Known as ‘Nutraceuticals’

Reprinted with permission and alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering world news, conflicts, travel stories, conservation, and science news. The smells of...

Scientists Find Potential Universal Anti-Venom to Treat Snakebites, from Kraits to King Cobras.

By screening billions of human antibodies, scientists may have taken the first steps towards developing a universal antivenom for snakebites. Their screen identified one...

FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR

The first FDA-approved treatment using CRISPR may see hundreds of African Americans cured of sickle cell disease. Making headlines without end for years, but only...

Good News in History, October 26

Happy 72nd Birthday to William Collins, better known by his rather eternal moniker, "Bootsy." A bass guitar legend, Bootsy learned how to play in...

Good News in History, October 6

112 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia...

Groundbreaking Immunization Against Lyme Disease Takes Aim at the Microbiomes of Ticks and Mosquitoes

The glory days for some of the most debilitating pathogenic diseases may be numbered thanks to a new class of immunizations that change the...

Good News in History, July 30

61 years ago today, the Trans-Canada Highway officially opened, the longest national highway system in the world. The main route spans 7,476 km (4,645...

Some People Are Magnets for Mosquitoes – It Could Be the Soap They’re Using

Why some people are mosquito magnets might be due to which soap they use in the shower, according to new research, as the pesky...

Little Boy Lost for 6 Days in Harsh Kenyan Wilderness is Rescued: ‘An Amazing Moment’

Kenya's vast Tsavo East National Park is no place for the solitary. It's easy to get lost in the dense bush, a fact 4-year-old...