Ebola Cases Mix With Malaria Amid 'Slow-Motion Disaster'
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-06/malaria-cases-mix-with-ebola-amid-slow-motion-disaster-.html
As the death toll rises in West Africa amid the worst Ebola outbreak on record, a separate threat is compounding the problem: the rainy season and the malaria that comes with it. In Sierra Leone, with the most Ebola cases in the epidemic, a fearful ...
Malaria, Ebola Present Double Threat to West African Nations
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/08/07/Malaria-Mixes-with-Ebola
There's a double whammy facing residents in West Africa; not only are they experiencing the worst Ebola outbreak on record, but they also are dealing with the rainy season and the resulting malaria. The most severe outbreak of Ebola is in Sierra Leone ...
A Key Malaria Drug Becomes Less Effective
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/health/a-key-malaria-drug-becomes-less-effective.html
The parasite that causes the most deadly form of malaria is becoming more resistant to the most effective drug used to treat it, scientists in Southeast Asia are reporting. Their study, in The New England Journal of Medicine, adds urgency to the effort ...
Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreads Across Southeast Asia
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/05/336594646/drug-resistant-malaria-spreads-across-southeast-asia
Back in 2008, doctors in Cambodia made a worrisome discovery. They were having a hard time curing some people of malaria. Even the most powerful drug wasn't clearing out the parasite from patients' blood as quickly as it should. Malaria had evolved ...
Malaria And AIDS Are Far More Serious Than Ebola, Killing Thousands Of ...
http://www.medicaldaily.com/malaria-and-aids-are-far-more-serious-ebola-killing-thousands-people-africa-every-year-297316
Though the news is exploding with information about the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there are some diseases that have been wiping people out in more astonishing rates for years ? such as AIDS and malaria ? which don't receive as much press.
Drug-Defying Malaria Cases Found in Southeast Asia
http://www.newsweek.com/drug-defying-malaria-parasites-found-southeast-asia-262208
It seems straight out of The X-Files, but the news is terrifyingly real: Drug-resistant malaria-carrying parasites have been found in Cambodia-Thailand border regions, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Preventive Monthly Treatment Reduces Severe Malaria Risk in Young Children
http://www.voanews.com/content/preventive-monthly-treatment-reduces-severe-malaria-risk-in-young-children/1972396.html
Protecting young children from malaria in countries where the mosquito-borne illness is endemic can include preventive drug treatment during the rainy season, when most infections occur. Now, researchers report that delivering an anti-malaria drug ...
GlaxoSmithKline seeks approval for first-ever malaria vaccine
http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/glaxosmithkline-seeks-approval-for-first-ever-malaria-vaccine/
A vaccine to combat the disease, which is spread by mosquitos, has been difficult to develop because malaria parasites have a complex life cycle and there is poor understanding of the body's immune response. Glaxo's RTS,S vaccine is intended for use ...
