FOR decades, African scientists have contributed essential data to global scientific research. Increasingly, however, they are no longer just contributors. Across the continent, researchers are ...

Clinical Trial in Africa Finds Single-Dose Malaria Treatment Combining Four Existing Drugs as Effective as More Onerous Multi-Day, Multi-Dose Regimen Research advance from Gabon presented at the ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence of partial resistance to artemisinin derivatives -- the primary treatment for malaria -- in young children with severe malaria. Indiana ...

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 ...

The first-ever treatment for malaria in young babies and infants has been approved. On Tuesday, Novartis announced it had received approval for the treatment, Coartem Baby (known as Riamet Baby in ...

Nigeria has joined seven other African nations in achieving a medical breakthrough with the approval of the first-ever malaria treatment for newborns and infants weighing less than five kilograms. The ...

Researchers have identified partial resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in malaria treatment across Africa. Emergence of such resistance poses a potential threat to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malaria cases are surging in parts of southern Africa, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

NEW YORK — Researchers on Wednesday reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria’s growing resistance to medication — one involving a new class of drugs. Switzerland-based Novartis ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — 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 terminate 90% ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Makerere University in Uganda, have uncovered evidence of partial resistance to artemisinin ...