The new WHO guidance strengthens the fight against Plasmodium vivax malaria by combining safer radical cure medicines with routine G6PD testing to prevent dangerous side effects. By clearing both ...

Scientists have created the first new anti-malaria drug in a quarter of a century to combat resistance to existing treatments. Researchers found their new treatment has a "very high cure rate" of more ...

Professor Sir Nick White, who has died of cancer aged 74, was an expert on tropical diseases and played a leading role in ...

When fosmidomycin was first described in 1978, its antibiotic and antiparasitic properties had scientists hopeful that they had a tuberculosis (TB) and malaria treatment on hand. Unfortunately, ...

Today is International Women’s Day. Here is an overview of some of the most significant advances in the treatment of serious ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of ...

When floods sweep through southern Africa, the most visible damage is immediate: homes washed away, crops destroyed, clinics disrupted, families displaced. These images dominate headlines and ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The effectiveness of an anti-malarial herbal drug could be damaged by overplanting of the Chinese shrub from which it is derived, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

Malaria remains a major health challenge in Ghana, with treatment costs between GH¢200-800, highlighting disparities for NHIS patients and uninsured families.

The concept of 'standby emergency treatment' (SBET) describes the strategy where travelers carry an emergency malaria treatment for self-administration when no medical attention is available or for ...

A new anti-malaria drug with a cure rate of over 97 per cent has been developed by scientists. The drug is the first to be created in 25 years and was made in an attempt to eliminate resistance to ...