On Monday, Cameroon, a country in Central Africa, launched its plan to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine. The campaign is a milestone in the decadeslong effort to stop the disease ...

In a new study published in Nature, scientists have successfully developed genetically modified mosquitoes in Tanzania that ...

The malaria parasite spreads to people bitten by infected mosquitos, and causes initial symptoms including high fever, headache and chills. But finally, after four decades in the making, there's hope ...

The U.S. government in mid-December extended the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to eight nations on the African continent. PMI, initially launched by President George W. Bush in June 2005, ...

Johannesburg — It seems hard to believe that Africa's biggest killer is a tiny insect, but almost every minute, an African child dies with malaria. The continent bears the brunt of the mosquito-borne ...

Children in Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana are receiving the first-ever vaccine, but it is unlikely to eradicate malaria on its own. Across Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana, babies under two are receiving the world ...

(CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated. The mosquitoes they were using to study experimental ...

Public-health teams in 1950s Borneo focused on malaria control, and DDT spraying seemed like a simple way to lower mosquito ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — 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 ...

The WHO has given the green light to the first malaria vaccine. Thousands of people are afflicted by malaria every year in sub Saharan Africa. Young children are especially vulnerable to the disease.