How to get mosquitoes to breed themselves to death
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21604092-how-get-mosquitoes-breed-themselves-death-x-marks-spot
KILL the mosquito and you kill the disease. That is the usual approach to controlling malaria. And if done properly, it works. The problem is that the insecticides employed to do the killing destroy lots of other things as well. An old dream of those ...
Treating Cancer With A Malaria Drug
http://time.com/2870100/treating-cancer-with-a-malaria-drug/
In a recent study published in Clinical Cancer Research, researchers discovered the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can actually reverse drug resistance to the common breast cancer drug, tamoxifen. The researchers inserted cancerous tumors ...
Scientists wipe out malaria-carrying mosquitoes in lab with male-only offspring
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/page/portallive/FB7DA6DE5C21CDD1E040C69B47397C4B
Scientists have modified mosquitoes to produce sperm that will only create males, pioneering a fresh approach to eradicating malaria. In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists from Imperial College London have tested a new ...
Malaria death toll in Tripura rises to 21
http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/diseases/malaria-death-toll-in-tripura-rises-to-21_28425.html
Choudhury, who visited the malaria affected areas Friday and Saturday along with medical experts, said: "Four medical teams have been working in the tribal inhabited Gandachera and Longtharai Valley sub-divisions". "To deal with the situation ...
TMC takes sting off malaria, but only marginally
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Thane/TMC-takes-sting-off-malaria-but-only-marginally/articleshow/36504867.cms
THANE: Despite urging people to keep their societies clean and a year-on-year nullah clean-up drive, there has been just a marginal drop in the number of malaria cases in areas within the jurisdiction of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). In 2011, the ...
How to Beat Malaria, Once and for All
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/opinion/sunday/how-to-beat-malaria-once-and-for-all.html
MAE SOT, Thailand ? MALARIA is a seasonal disease; with tropical rains come the fevers. In the news media, malaria is also seasonal. Every spring around World Malaria Day we hear about its devastating effects, including deaths in the hundreds of ...
Students raise funds for malaria nets
http://www.thedailyreporter.com/article/20140612/News/140619636
QUINCY ? Malaria is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes and is particularly devastating throughout Africa. It is estimated that 219 million people are infected with malaria each year, resulting in approximately 600,000 deaths ? mostly in children ...
FIFA World Cup Group D: England Defends Malaria Tablets
http://guardianlv.com/2014/06/fifa-world-cup-group-d-england-defends-malaria-tablets/
England Coach Roy Hodgson is defending his decision to give his players the anti-malaria tablet Malarone before they open Group D play on Saturday at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The news that the players would be taking the tablets was met with ...
