Malaria moves in behind the loggers
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Deforestation and climate change are returning the mosquito-borne disease to parts of Peru after 40 years.
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Scientists say people traveling to Africa from Southeast Asia and South America should be screened and treated for drug-resistant malaria.
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UK and Kenyan researchers say they are creating a global map to pinpoint areas where malaria is most likely to strike.
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Scientists have tested in mice an experimental vaccine for malaria that does not provide immunity but aims to stamp it out in whole regions by eradicating the disease-causing parasite from mosquitoes that spread it.
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Why don't Alaskan mosquitoes spread malaria?
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NEW YORK - In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning today to head off a looming threat that one specialist says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria.
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A deadly synergy between HIV and malaria appears to be fueling the spread of both diseases in Africa, where 4 million people die from the illnesses each year.
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.
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Tens of thousands of survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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MAPHUNGWANE, Swaziland -- Men in blue coveralls and white surgical masks began their annual trek into the countryside here last week. Methodically, they sprayed one home after another with a chemical most Americans probably thought long ago disappeared from use: DDT.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is making significant progress in fighting malaria with the use of bed nets, a UN report shows.
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CT scanners used for decades to peer inside humans are now being trained by scientists on hardwood trees to detect knots, cracks and other imperfections in a bid to help lumber mills make the best possible cuts of valuable logs.
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DESPITE an exciting new development this week in the race to find cheaper and more effective malaria drugs, a group of scientists is urging health authorities to consider screening travellers from malaria-infested areas to prevent the spread of drug
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JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in Nigeria four years ago, African leaders set a goal that 60 percent of children and pregnant women in malaria-affected areas around the continent would be sleeping under bed nets by the end of 2005.
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Travel: Under siege from oil companies and loggers, the Huaorani of Ecuador are fighting back - through ecotourism.
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By Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times  Dec. 12--Two of the world's most influential women are banding together to fight malaria, and one of them is coming to the table with a lot of cash.