An estimated 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 deaths were recorded globally in 2020, according to the World Health Organisation's World Malaria Report 2021. Nigeria performed the worst on both ...

Climate change is defined as a statistically significant variation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability, persisting for an extended period -- typically decades or longer -- ...

The transmission of malaria is heavily influenced by environmental events. Recently, scientists have described the disease as involving a complex interplay between humans, mosquitoes, the plasmodium ...

The Indian scientific community has achieved a historic milestone by creating AdFalciVax as the nation's first homegrown malaria vaccine. The vaccine targets Plasmodium falciparum, which represents ...

The Ondo State government has declared its support for the forthcoming distribution of 3.6 million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), urging residents to embrace the initiative as part of collective ...

This October, the World Health Organization recommended a new malaria vaccine, R21-Matrix-M, as safe and effective. This is the second malaria vaccine ever approved and the first that can be produced ...

Treating baby wraps with a mosquito repellent shows promising protection against a top killer of children. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen has reported on efforts to combat malaria for more than 25 ...