Players in the health sector have commended the approval of the first-ever malaria drug for babies weighing less than five ...

The newly approved medication, Coartem Baby, is a combination of two antimalarials. It is a lower dose version of a tablet ...

A TV star has revealed how he fought for his life in hospital after confusing malaria for a two-day hangover. Adventurer Aldo ...

Community leaders stress the need to go beyond direct medical interventions. Deadly disease ravages villages following bouts of extreme weather: 'It can strike at any time' first appeared on The Cool ...

Two cases of locally acquired malaria have been reported in the Torres Strait. Here’s what you need to know.

World Malaria Day is observed every year on April 25 with the aim of spreading awareness about malaria disease. The day also aims to raise awareness about diseases and their prevention in the world.

The parasite that causes malaria requires precise control of gene expression to progress through the various stages of its complex life cycle. A new study, by a multinational team of researchers ...

They have genetically modified malaria-causing parasites so that the parasites do not cause disease. Instead, they prime the immune system during the initial stage of their life cycle in the liver ...

COVID-19 has about a dozen, malaria has about 5,000. Additionally, the malaria parasite goes through four life cycle stages. This is as complex as it gets with infectious pathogens.

The life cycle of the Plasmodium parasite involves infecting and multiplying inside RBCs. After growing in the RBC, the parasites then destroy the cell and invade other RBCs.