HEALTH:  Experts Oppose Chemical War on Malaria
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BUDAPEST, Sep 28 (IPS) - A coalition of health experts have staged a protest  parallel to the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety,  expressing concern over a recent policy turn by the World Health  Organisation (WHO) that calls for fighting malaria by spraying  the controversial DDT chemical.
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Scientists have taken an important step towards developing an effective malaria vaccine, announcing in today&#39;s edition of the Lancet that a candidate vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline will protect a significant number of children.
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A gene could explain how parasites which cause malaria escape the action of some antimalaria drugs, say researchers.
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Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning Friday to head off a looming threat that one expert says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria.
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Experts raise concerns that flawed analysis of drug levels in corpses could affect the outcomes of court cases and inquests.
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Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday&#39;s Lancet.
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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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The evidence is in: we can stop diseases like malaria and TB from killing millions of people each year.
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The World Health Organization reversed a 30-year-old policy yesterday and declared its support for indoor use of the pesticide DDT to control mosquitoes in regions where malaria is a major health problem.
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Washington - World Health Organisation (WHO) and United States medical experts have warned that the increasing ability of bacteria to resist antibiotics threatens the existing arsenal of drugs against dangerous infectious diseases.
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fter resisting calls for nearly a year that National Institutes of Health scientists end private consulting arrangements with pharmaceutical companies, the agency&#39;s director is expected
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Scientist chairing panel assessing risks to children from food additives denies conflict of interest.
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A memo at the World Health Organization expressed concern that the growing dominance of malaria research by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could stifle a diversity of views among scientists.
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Industry denies proven links between some chemicals and childhood illness, a senior WHO official tells the BBC.
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Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine against one of the world&#39;s most devastating diseases. Malaria causes more than 300 million cases of illness and claims at least a million lives every year.
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Scientists believe a chimp virus may hold the clue in the long-running battle to develop a malaria vaccine.
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions, including deaths, government documents show.