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Elon Musk once caught malaria on safari and was 'hours from death,' book says
Walter Isaacson's new biography of Elon Musk gives more insight into why the Tesla and SpaceX billi…
Polly Thompson,Grace Dean
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World Malaria Day: It's possible to eradicate it, but challenges remain say experts
India's vision to be malaria-free by 2027 and to eliminate the disease by 2030 is absolutely possib…
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The CDC says that if you have a mystery fever this summer, there's a chance it could be malaria
Local malaria cases have been diagnosed in FL and in TX. The CDC says people should watch out for u…
Hilary Brueck
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A Marylander who hadn't recently traveled internationally caught malaria. Officials say it's the state's first 'locally acquired' case in 40 years.
Maryland officials are grappling with the state's first local case of malaria in four decades. It f…
Katie Balevic
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A woman volunteered to get bitten by hundreds of mosquitoes to help create a new malaria vaccine. Then she got malaria.
A woman took home $4,200 and hundreds of mosquito bites for participating in a malaria vaccine tria…
Hilary Brueck
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DGCI allows Serum Institute to export malaria vaccine to UK
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to send two lakh doses of th…
PTI
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The US documented 3 locally transmitted malaria cases for the first time in 20 years. It's not a reason to panic, but sheds a light on the concerns of climate change
Two cases were confirmed in Florida, and one case was confirmed in Texas, according to local report…
Hannah Getahun
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Gene Drives: The advanced sci-fi technology to fight malaria mosquito explained
Scientists are using the most advanced form of genetic engineering to wipe out a population of mala…
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Dr. Oz owns stock in companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he pushed the White House to use as unproven COVID treatment
Dr. Oz emailed the White House pushing the anti-malaria drug before trials were completed. Numerous…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Photo Essay: As we celebrate the first malaria vaccine, remembering the epidemic's staggering toll
Photographer Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi documented the malaria epidemic's toll during one of the worst …
Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi
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The WHO recommends the world's first malaria vaccine, saying the shots could 'save tens of thousands of young lives each year'
The WHO's recommendation is based on results from a campaign in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi that vacci…
Jake Epstein
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Malaria No More India and Times Bridge launch a Google Assistant feature that will answer people’s queries on malaria
Malaria No More India, with support from Times Bridge, launched the Malaria No More on Google Assis…
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Emails show Mehmet Oz pushed Jared Kushner and the White House to use an anti-malaria drug as a Covid treatment, which the WHO later strongly recommended against
"We cannot hide behind study protocols if we are not allowed to proceed," Dr. Mehmet Oz wrote in hi…
Matthew Loh
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IMD and ICMR collaborate with an NGO to explore climate-based solutions in eliminating malaria in India
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Mond…
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Bharat Biotech to make antigen for first-ever anti-malaria vaccine
The first dose of the vaccine has reached more than 500,000 children since the pilots we…
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In all the noise around COVID-19 — the risks from malaria, dengue and chikungunya are ignored
Vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya aren’t cheap for India. They carry a soc…
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India is on the path to end Malaria by 2030 — but dengue is spreading fast and wide
In 2019, as many as 27 people died in West Bengal due to dengue outbreaks which affected 44,000 peo…
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India records the largest reduction in malaria cases in SE Asia between 2000-2019: WHO
Last year, the disease claimed about 409,000 lives, compared to 411,000 in 2018. "Countri…
PTI
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India could see a resurgence of Malaria as health systems are busy containing Covid-19
India witnesses a surge in Malaria every year during the monsoons around the month of July. The …
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More than 3.3 million people lost life to COVID-19 in 2021 — more than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis related deaths combined in 2020
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Tuesday, revealed that more than 3.3 million people lost th…