On Monday, Cameroon, a country in Central Africa, launched its plan to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine. The campaign is a milestone in the decadeslong effort to stop the disease ...

The rollout of malaria vaccines in Africa – the world's first routine immunization program against this mosquito-borne disease – has raised excitement for a surprising reason. The vaccine reduces all ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration's decision to ...

Johannesburg — It seems hard to believe that Africa's biggest killer is a tiny insect, but almost every minute, an African child dies with malaria. The continent bears the brunt of the mosquito-borne ...

To slow artemisinin resistance and reduce treatment failures, an international research team investigated various drug policy interventions in Rwanda, where artemisinin resistance was first reported ...

The U.S. government in mid-December extended the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to eight nations on the African continent. PMI, initially launched by President George W. Bush in June 2005, ...

Children in Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana are receiving the first-ever vaccine, but it is unlikely to eradicate malaria on its own. Across Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana, babies under two are receiving the world ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bed nets and insecticide spraying have reduced malaria, but progress has stalled, researchers said. Mass ...

A new study integrates climate, land use, and socioeconomic data to explain and predict malaria dynamics at the village level. The approach could inform health care practitioners and make control ...

Malaria expert Brian Greenwood had once resigned himself to the possibility that a successful vaccine for the disease might not become available in his lifetime. Now, at 86 years old, the moment he’s ...