World Health Day 2014: Are you prone to malaria? (Quiz)
http://health.india.com/diseases-conditions/world-health-day-2014-are-you-prone-to-malaria-quiz-2/
Malaria is the most deadly vector borne disease. As per the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, every year more than 200 million cases of malaria are seen globally, but most of the cases are never tested or registered. The disease starts with a ...
Weekend Reading: Underpaid Cheerleaders, A Shattered Iranian Rock Band ...
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/04/weekend-reading-underpaid-cheerleaders-a-shattered-iranian-rock-band-a-cradle-of-malaria.html
Over the past century, Yong writes, almost every major anti-malarial drug has eventually become obsolete because of resistant parasites originating in western Cambodia, and Nosten fears that resistance to a drug that has proved to be spectacularly ...
Stephen Curry backs fight against malaria in Africa
http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Stephen-Curry-backs-fight-against-malaria-in-5375124.php
Causes close to Curry's heart - such as fighting malaria in Africa - get a lot of attention and support. "It's great, being able to take the next step," Curry said Sunday night, after talking to about 700 fans at the team's Nothing But Nets night ...
3D structure of malaria parasite genome generated
http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/3d-structure-of-malaria-parasite-genome-generated_27421.html
Washington: Researchers have generated a 3D model of the human malaria parasite genome at three different stages in the parasite's life cycle. The parasite that causes malaria in humans is Plasmodium falciparum . The female Anopheles mosquito ...
Seattle BioMed claims malaria discovery
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2014/04/seattle-biomed-claims-malaria-discovery.html
The researchers' work, published in the latest issue of "Cell Reports," indicates that after a victim is bitten by a mosquito with the malaria parasite, there are a lack of symptoms. But the Seattle BioMed researchers "identified a robust innate immune ...
Dengue, malaria: Awareness is the key
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/dengue-malaria-awareness-is-the-key/article5875461.ece
Rains in Delhi come with the threat of rise in the number of malaria and dengue cases. ?Twice each year, several persons in the city get affected by these vector-borne diseases ? malaria, dengue and Japanese Encephalitis, among others. The diseases ...
Olivia Kessler helps fight malaria in Africa
http://www.jta.org/2014/04/03/life-religion/teen-heroes/olivia-kessler-helps-fight-malaria-in-africa
WASHINGTON (JTA) ? Like many teens, Olivia Kessler was unaware of malaria's devastating global death toll. Each year, the disease, which is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito, strikes an estimated 219 million people in 109 countries ...
Sanaria Malaria Vaccine Wins Excellence Award
http://www.dddmag.com/news/2014/04/sanaria-malaria-vaccine-wins-excellence-award
The awardee, Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine, demonstrated complete protection against malaria in all volunteers (6/6) who received high dose immunizations in a trial at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...
