Malaria vector unexpectedly found in Sri Lanka's east
http://www.irinnews.org/report/98959/malaria-vector-unexpectedly-found-in-sri-lanka-s-east
COLOMBO, 18 October 2013 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka's main malaria vector, the Anopheles culicifacies mosquito, long thought to prefer nesting in rural areas, has been found in war-affected peri-urban areas in the country's east, according to a new medical survey.
Detecting Malaria Using a Cell's Electric Vibe
http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2013/10/17/detecting-malaria-using-cell-electric-vibe/
Hundreds of thousands of children die from malaria each year with about half of the world's population at risk of the disease at any given time, but new research has the potential to catch this and other deadly diseases before they reach maturity ...
Malaria vaccine: India, Africa don't get hopes up
http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/malaria-vaccine-india-africa-dont-get-hopes-up-1182513.html
Kolkata, Oct 19 (IANS) As countries like India and Africa ? hotbeds for malaria ? await the world's first vaccine against the disease, a leading expert said Saturday the results of clinical trials were ?modestly encouraging?, but nations should be ...
Hope for a Malaria Vaccine
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/opinion/hope-for-a-malaria-vaccine.html
The most ambitious clinical trial of a malaria vaccine has shown some effectiveness in children over an 18-month period. While its efficacy is modest, it is nonetheless a significant advance in the long struggle to control a disease that kills some 600 ...
Iowa opera singer sets lofty goal to fight malaria
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/14/mosquito-nets-fight-malaria/2984171/
Only a big thinker would have launched his current project to buy a million mosquito nets for Africa, where malaria kills a child every 60 seconds. Estes heard that statistic, from the World Health Organization, during a trip to sing at the 2010 World ...
* Sri Lanka warned of re-emergence of malaria
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Oct19_1382166944JR.php
Oct 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka's health authorities have been alerted to a possible resurgence of malaria which is thought to have been eradicated from the country few years ago. Sri Lanka declared a malaria-free country in 2012 after going three years ...
Government 'Cannot Fight Malaria On Its Own'
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310180530.html
Maputo ? The director of the Mozambican government's National Malaria Control Programme, Graca Matsinhe, recognised on Thursday that the government will not be able to eradicate malaria on its own, since this is a task in which all Mozambicans should ...
A new vaccine will help, but will not defeat malaria
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21587772-new-vaccine-will-help-will-not-defeat-malaria-long-war
ON OCTOBER 8th researchers announced progress in developing a vaccine against malaria. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British pharmaceutical firm, said it would seek regulatory approval next year for this vaccine, called RTS,S. GSK and its charitable partner ...
