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Malaria vaccine for Africa likely to be distributed from 2015 - The Times 2nd October 2009
"The first vaccine against malaria is likely to be distributed in Africa from 2015 after the “milestone moment” of the continent’s largest final-stage drug trial, scientists have told The Times. "
Microsoft's Bill Gates invests in chewing gum and chocolate in fight against malaria - Daily Telegraph 21st October 2009
"Bill Gates, the world's richest man, believes chewing gum and chocolate could become the next weapons in the global fight against malaria. "
Malaria in Africa: The net gains of keeping mosquitoes at bay - Daily Telegraph 5th October 2009
"Malaria is one of Africa's biggest child killers. The WHO has set a target to provide mosquito nets to all those at risk by 2010. But providing the nets is just half the battle. "
New malaria 'poses human threat' - BBC Health News 9th September 2009
An emerging new form of malaria poses a deadly threat to humans, research has shown.
It had been thought the parasite Plasmodium knowlesi infected only monkeys.
Hangover? No...I had Malaria: How not taking antimalarial drugs almost cost one man his life - Daily Mail 1st September 2009
Feeling a little rough after a long-haul break? It could be more than jet lag
Shaun Ahern
When Shaun Ahern headed to Nigeria on a business trip, he didn't give any thought to tropical diseases, let alone taking drugs to protect himself against them.
After all, he was a seasoned traveller and this was his third visit to the West African country.
£500k for Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine malaria research - Liverpool Daily Post 21st August 2009
LIVERPOOL School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded £500,000k to find a cure for malaria.
The European Commission is funding the two-year project to co-ordinate European and international research to develop new drugs.
WHO warns against homeopathy use - BBC Health News 20th August 2009
People with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has warned.
It was responding to calls from young researchers who fear the promotion of homeopathy in the developing world could put people's lives at risk.
British scientists ask WHO to condemn homeopathy for diseases such as HIV - The Guardian 1st June 2009
Clinics throughout Asia and sub-Saharan Africa offering ineffective remedies for serious illnesses, putting lives at risk, researchers say
Doctors condemn homeopathic treatments for Aids and malaria - The Times 1st June 2009
Homeopathic treatments continue to be sold as treatments for HIV/Aids, malaria and other serious diseases, despite containing no active ingredients, doctors and medical researchers say.\n\nCampaigners want the World Health Organisation (WHO) to publicly condemn the "highly unethical" use of the treatments, which they say give patients false hope and put lives at risk.
Our best chance to eradicate malaria - The Guardian 29th May 2009
Without widespread distribution of the latest malaria treatments, parasites will develop immunity and an opportunity will be lost
Malaria may be developing resistance to main drugs - The Telegraph 29th May 2009
Using the latest drugs against malaria sparingly where resistance is present could make them useful for decades, says Andrew Read.
Malaria parasites 'resist drugs' - BBC Health News 29th May 2009
International scientists say they have found the first evidence of resistance to the world's most effective drug for treating malaria.
They say the trend in western Cambodia has to be urgently contained because full-blown resistance would be a global health catastrophe.
Fears for new malaria drug resistance - BBC Health News 28th May 2009
In a small community in Western Cambodia, scientists are puzzling over why malaria parasites seem to be developing a resistance to drugs - and fearing the consequences.
Ten days ago, Chhem Bunchhin, a teacher in Battambang Province, became ill with chills, fever, headache and vomiting.
Mosquito laser gun offers new hope on malaria - The Times 15th March 2009
AMERICAN scientists are making a ray gun to kill mosquitoes. Using technology developed under the Star Wars anti-missile programme, the zapper is being built in Seattle where astrophysicists have created a laser that locks onto airborne insects.
Scientists have speculated for years that lasers might be used against mosquitoes, which kill nearly 1m people a year through malaria.
Star Wars scientists use laser gun to kill mosquitoes in fight against malaria - The Sunday Telegraph 15th March 2009
Scientists who worked the Star Wars anti-missile programme in the United States are building a ray-gun than can kill mosquitoes in a bid to tackle the scourge of malaria.
Insecticide malaria impact clue - BBC Health News 5th February 2009
UK scientists have identified genetic differences in malarial mosquitoes which may reveal their level of resistance to insecticides.
The find may help researchers work out which areas cannot rely on insecticides to help minimise the risk of malaria, reports the journal Genome Research.
British Airways air steward killed by malaria - The Sunday Telegraph 1st February 2009
A British Airways air steward has died from malaria and two others have been left seriously ill from the disease.
Blocked eye vessels may cause malaria and could be treated by statins, say experts - Daily Mail 15th January 2009
The human eye has helped doctors understand how an acute form of malaria attacks the brain, opening the way to new and better treatments, researchers said.
By examining the eyes of people with cerebral malaria, they detected tiny blood vessel blockages in the brain which they believe starve brain cells and cause the disease.
The finding means that drugs such as statins which help improve circulation could be used in new treatments to fight cerebral malaria, the researchers said.
Hope for malaria vaccine within five years - The Independent 9th December 2008
A vaccine against malaria, which kills more than one million people every year, could be available within five years after extensive trials have shown that it provides significant protection for infants and young children.
Researchers hail 'most promising' malaria vaccine yet after 65 per cent of infants protected from infection in trials - Daily Mail 8th December 2008
An experimental malaria vaccine is the most promising yet, according to researchers, after it protected 65 per cent of infants from infection in two African studies.
Separate tests in Kenya and Tanzania showed GlaxoSmithKline's vaccine called RTS,S could protect babies and toddlers from infection with malaria and could prevent disease even in those already infected.
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