New Malaria Case Reported in Florida Brings National Total to 8
Cara Murez
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The United States now has had eight reported cases of malaria, seven of them in Florida, state health officials reported…
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Scientific breakthrough harnesses mRNA technology to develop powerful malaria vaccine
Trans-Tasman research collaborators from Te Herenga Waka -- Victoria University of Wellington's Ferrier Research Institute and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand, and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and…
As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria
By MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN - Associated Press
As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward.The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation.…
Malaria Cases in Florida, Texas Are First U.S. Spread in 20 Years
Physician’s Briefing Staff
TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials are warning doctors, especially those in southern states, to be on the lookout for local spread of…
U.S. officials say risk of locally acquired malaria remains low as nationwide cases jump to seven
Barrington Sanders, a Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Inspector, sprays a pesticide to kill adult mosquitos on June 29, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesU.S. public health officials say the risk of locally transmitted malaria in…
Deadlier than Zika, malaria and dengue: Mosquitoes carrying flesh-eating bacteria, can spread to…
A team of microbiologists in Australia have…
A Rare Domestic Resurgence of Malaria Is Circulating in the US
At least four people in Florida and one in Texas have been diagnosed with malaria that they must have caught near where they live—because, according to health officials, none of them traveled outside the US or their own states. The very…
Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on June 26, 2023, that five cases of locally transmitted malaria had been identified – four in Florida and one in Texas – since May 2023. These are the first cases of locally…
After a decades-long fight against malaria, Belize is certified malaria-free by the World Health…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Belize for achieving malaria elimination, a significant milestone more than 70 years in the making.
Margaret…
Traditional medicine plant could combat drug-resistant malaria
Much of what is now considered modern medicine originated as folk remedies or traditional, Indigenous practices. These customs are still alive today, and they could help address a variety of conditions. Now reporting in ACS Omega, a team of…